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by ch4s3 482 days ago
The actual study doesn’t make that claim, the article is presenting it incorrectly. They’re talking about a methylation on certain genes. Think of it as amplification or attenuation and of a signal. The signal is the same, just weaker or stronger.
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I've read the article, I've read the comments. Nobody has remotely tried to explain how these changes are heritable, at all. The article had an image with the word "germline", which was never expounded on.