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by Xixi 2391 days ago
The field of study is called Epigenetics [1]. I know practically nothing about it, but it seems that some of these alterations to the expression of DNA are not only persistent, but can also be inherited. Which is why some of these discoveries have been called a revenge of Lamarck over Darwin...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics