Discover Mag article

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Many interesting things in this article.

 

http://discovermagazine.com/2006/nov/cover...t:int=3&-C=

 

 

Through epigenetic alterations, our genomes retain something like a memory of the environmental signals received during the lifetimes of our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and perhaps even more distant ancestors. So far, the definitive studies have involved only rodents. But researchers are turning up evidence suggesting that epigenetic inheritance may be at work in humans as well.