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Lamarckian inheritance is not "wrong". Learned traits are now known to be passed on via methylated DNA sections.
by robthebrew 3y ago
Lamarckian inheritance is not "wrong". Learned traits are now known to be passed on via methylated DNA sections.
- PaulHoule 3y agoYep, I've been interested lately in the story of how a lot of behavioral issues are passed on through both DNA sequence and methylation and how methylation, in addition to cultural transmission, is part of the story of trauma being passed on through generations. For a long time the attachment theorists and social workers and remnants of the Freudians had convinced me that my parents must have done something wrong to explain the trouble I had in school and I looked desperately for some evidence that my mom had taught me how to be anxious but now I know that's "blaming the victim".