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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month ago

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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There's Now a Third Way to Inherit Traits That Isn’t Your DNA or RNA, Scientists Say

www.popularmechanics.com

Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month ago
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And they discovered it completely by accident.
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  • recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.ca
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    TL;DR:
    amyloids

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    Of course hermaphroditic worms are one thing, and humans traits are another

    Yeah, I have to keep reminding myself of that.

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      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.

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    Learned something new!

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