Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0068541

Zusammenfassung

One of the basic pillars of the theory of evolution is the assumption that evolutionary processes are driven by random and undirected mutations. Accordingly, this theory assumes that environmental influences or acquired traits have no direct influence on the genome and thus cannot be passed on to descendants, as originally postulated by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck. However, by showing that acquired traits or behaviors can be passed on to the offspring in the form of epigenetic changes in specific loci the latest research suggests that Lamarck's postulate may have a so far overlooked molec...