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One of those rare cases where the paper title explains the phenomenon better than the article. If this is based on DNA-methylation, does that mean the 'damage'
by hliyan 11y ago
One of those rare cases where the paper title explains the phenomenon better than the article. If this is based on DNA-methylation, does that mean the 'damage' is heritable?
- innguest 11y agoYou seem to be asking whether epigenetic traits are inheritable. It will take a while for the scientific community to fully accept this since it smells of Lamarckism, but if we do not accept transgenerational epigenetic transmission it gets really hard to explain things like this: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/01/mice-inherit-specific-memories-because-epigenetics/ http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/01/mice-inhe...
- hliyan 11y agoYes, there has been some recent studies that suggest the Central Dogma [1] may not apply in all cases. If I remember correctly, some forms of DNA methylation is heritable on the male side. Disclaimer: not a molecular biologist. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_dogma_of_molecular_biology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_dogma_of_molecular_bio...