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There's Now a Third Way to Inherit Traits That Isn’t Your DNA or RNA, Scientists Say (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

TL;DR:
amyloids

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Of course hermaphroditic worms are one thing, and humans traits are another

Yeah, I have to keep reminding myself of that.

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 2 points 10 months ago

future studies will need to investigate if similar pathways are possible in humans (though the authors suggest they don’t see why they wouldn’t)

Why wouldn't an extra-cellular protein have a similar pathways in humans as worms? This research will be easy. Any amyloids in the semen? How about the uterine fluid? Done.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Learned something new!