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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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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

TL;DR:
amyloids

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

Yeah, I have to keep reminding myself of that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Learned something new!