"Passed down through their mothers, this genetic imprint offers the first human evidence of a phenomenon previously documented only in animals: The genetic transmission of stress across multiple generations."
I wish reporters were required to research their claims.
Apart from epigenetics, which influences offspring but confers no permanent genetic change, there is no inheritance of acquired traits. On this topic, for political reasons Joseph Stalin promoted Trofim Lysenko's incorrect views in this topic, which set Soviet genetics back decades. More here: "The destructive role of Trofim Lysenko in Russian Science" (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6777473/)
Articles like this should at least explain how and why their claims differ from established genetic principles.
I wish reporters were required to research their claims.
Apart from epigenetics, which influences offspring but confers no permanent genetic change, there is no inheritance of acquired traits. On this topic, for political reasons Joseph Stalin promoted Trofim Lysenko's incorrect views in this topic, which set Soviet genetics back decades. More here: "The destructive role of Trofim Lysenko in Russian Science" (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6777473/)
Articles like this should at least explain how and why their claims differ from established genetic principles.