This Review discusses the concept of, and experimental support for, non-genetic transgenerational inheritance of acquired traits involving the germ line in mammals.

In addition, for centuries, it has often been thought that some traits acquired during the lifetime of an individual can also be passed on to the next generations.

Introduction: How Is Genetic Information Passed between Organisms? Drosophila melanogaster. Inheritance is the passing of traits from parents to offspring.

In the first study of its kind, scientists have detected evidence that DNA may not be the only carrier of heritable information; a secondary molecular mechanism called epigenetics may also account for ...

The concept of epigenetic inheritance has long been controversial. Some researchers hope that new data on cross-generational effects of environmental exposures will help settle the debate. Andrea ...

Dermatoglyphic traits in a sample of twins were analyzed to estimate the resemblance between MZ and DZ twins and to evaluate the mode of inheritance by using the maximum likelihood-based Variance ...

V.Q.R. da Silva, A.T. Amaral Júnior, C.A. Scapim, S.P. Freitas Júnior and L.S.A. Gonçalves When using genotypes of different heterotic groups, the scarcity of information on the inheritance of traits ...