crozby 0 #76 March 25, 2008 QuoteFunctional genomics (epigenetics) isn’t challenging the concept of DNA as fundamental molecular of transfer of genetic information and inheritance; it’s further expanding the understanding of it .... If it’s not genetic, by what mechanism do you think information is being passed along from parent to child? You almost sound like you’re implying a non-DNA-based method? You're kind of missing my point which was simply that most educated people are not aware that the environment (with the exception of mutation-causing cosmic rays) has any effect on the information passed between generations. In fact the absence of environmental interference has always been a pretty important characteristic of inheritance as taught to the masses for decades. When I said 'genetics' in quotes it was that lay-persons version of events I was referring to. I only mentioned Epigenetics in the first place because when I first heard about it (Horizon, BBC) I though "well that's *very* different from what I was taught" and I thought others might find it interesting too. I don't have an implied rate of epigenetic change in mind, or any environmental politics, nor some kind of hypothesis about something-or-other. There's no original thought here at all - I'm just regurgitating stuff I read somewhere else on the internet. Aren't we all? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdgirl 0 #77 March 25, 2008 QuoteThere's no original thought here at all - I'm just regurgitating stuff I read somewhere else on the internet. Aren't we all? Perhaps I’m in the minority. One can argue that nearly all advanced knowledge is acquired/built at some level by standing on the shoulders of preceding intellectual giants … unless referenced/quoted/cited or general acquired knowledge, what I write is original analysis/speculation/thought or genuine questions. That's one of the great thing about this forum -- I can speculate w/relative anonymity. VR/Marg Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
