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soft inheritance: a standalone construct

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softinheritance1 CONSTRUCTSoft inheritanceRICHARDS · EPIGENETICS

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Epigenetics

inheritance in which the heritable material itself can be changed by experience or environment, revived through epigenetic transmission.

In epigenetics, soft inheritance refers to inheritance in which the heritable material itself can be changed by experience or environment, revived through epigenetic transmission. This meaning comes from Richards (2006) in Nature Reviews Genetics.[1]

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experience4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructsenvironment1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone constructepigenetics1 fields · 4 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

  1. Richards, E. J. (2006). Inherited epigenetic variation: revisiting soft inheritance. Nature Reviews Genetics, 7(5), 395-401. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg1834

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