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by csours 4159 days ago
Adult genetic engineering would not be inheritable. Your gonads produce variations of genetic material based on their own blueprints (which come from you parents, not your genes).

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germline

http://www.nature.com/news/a-slippery-slope-to-human-germlin...

http://www.dnapolicy.org/pub.reports.php?action=detail&repor...

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What.