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Darwin

2 Publications

12. December 2017 | DOI: 10.17160/josha.4.6.370

Somatic mutation or epigenetic modification – Somatische Mutation oder epigenetische Modifikation

Horst Kress

In the first essay on the subject of the „Renaissance of Lamarckism“ (JOSHA Vol. 3, Issue 4), we explored the historical roots of this term. We saw that Lamarck's (1744-1829)…

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Are we seeing a renaissance of Lamarckism? (Erleben wir eine Renaissance des Lamarckismus?)

Horst Kress

Lamarck attributed the transformation of species to the inheritance of acquired features. Although not completely convincing in his time, even Darwin accepted this concept in his “Pangenesis” Hypothesis. Later experiments…

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