Epigenetic Theory

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This paper discusses epigenetic theory, which is based on the inheritance of phenotypic characteristics rather than genes. It suggests the epigenetic theory is better at explaining non-Mendelian inheritance patterns in many diseases and explains why the new knowledge from typing the genome has not had a major impact on these diseases.

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"The epigenetic theory considers evolution as a process of environmentally-controlled transformation of ontogeny. This theory is compatible with observed embryological regularities and is used as a basis for wider evolutionary synthesis, which combines both Darwinian and Lamarckian mechanisms. A nomogenetic component of epigenetic theory is that individual developmental systems can generate only a constrained number of morphological states -- the same morphosis simultaneously appears in a number of individuals in response to environmental influences. The initial phenotypic change appears not to be random so the meeting of a male and..."

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