Tests in 1,225 patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer reveal for the first time a genetic trait among most of ...

The evidence was revealed in a new study by scientists from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the ...

Chinese research team’s investigation into cold-tolerant rice varieties revives largely-forgotten 19th century ‘giraffe ...

Chinese researchers recently discovered molecular evidence supporting Lamarckism, a long-debated theory from the early 19th ...

Chinese scientists have challenged over a century of Darwinian theory, demonstrating that acquired traits can influence ...

Although largely discredited in favor of Darwin’s natural selection, modern developments in epigenetics have revived discussions about the potential inheritance of acquired characteristics.

These include: the inheritance of acquired characteristics, the pathways of inheritance, the non-random generation of variation, the scope of heritable variation, effects on organism fitness ...

In contrast, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed a theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics in his work Philosophie Zoologique, suggesting that organisms could pass on traits acquired during ...