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> "Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations" "[...in mice]"
by frutiger 2y ago
> "Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations"
"[...in mice]"
- HPsquared 2y agoYes, but the underlying mechanisms behind brains, neurons, cells, DNA etc. aren't going to be so different.
- frutiger 2y agoThat’s really not always true. And it’s disingenuous to so unequivocally write the title of a paper about mice when the headline article is about humans.
- HPsquared 2y agoThe article talks about the mouse research, I'm giving a link so people can read something other than a Guardian article and judge for themselves. Fair enough mice are different to humans but they're not exactly lobsters. (Edit: although if a similar mechanism was found in lobsters I would take that as evidence the phenomenon being widespread. It's not ethically feasible to conduct this experiment on human subjects)
- francisofascii 2y agoSince human brains and DNA are more complex it is reasonable to suspect the generational transference to be greater than in mice.