Paramutation has been seen mostly in plants, but something similar has been suspected in mammals, including humans.
ECONOMIST: Mice inherit more than just DNA
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Paul Soloway, a molecular geneticist at Cornell University in New York, says some human traits could be affected by paramutation.
ECONOMIST: Mice inherit more than just DNA
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The work is evidence of a phenomenon called paramutation, in which orders issued by a version of a gene (an allele, in the jargon) in one generation are remembered in subsequent generations, even if the allele itself has not been inherited.