epigenetic inheritance is not supposed to happen

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An example of teleology in public science discourse

"…it seems that epigenetic inheritance is not supposed to happen. The marks that are put on in a parent are designed to be removed and reconstructed in the next generation."

Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith

Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and the Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics at the University of Cambridge, was interviewed on an episode ('Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics') of the BBC radio 4 programme/podcast 'The Life Scientific'.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.