Quotes About Nongenetic

Nathanielsz is one of the scientists now brave enough to invoke the "L" word for Lamarck: "the transgenerational passage of characteristics by nongenetic means does occur. Lamarck was right, although transgenerational transmission of acquired characteristics occurs by mechanisms that were unknown in his day.

The maternal style of high-reactive females raised by nurturant mothers reflected the style of their nurturant foster-mothers rather than their own temperament. Thus the benefits of nurturant foster-mothering can evidently be transmitted to the next generation, even though the mode of transmission is nongenetic in nature