RE: Lil' Science Dictionary. Concept of Evolution part 2: Modern Synthetic Theory of Evolution

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Lil' Science Dictionary. Concept of Evolution part 2: Modern Synthetic Theory of Evolution

in science •  7 years ago 

Great article, 200 years later, Lamarkism is returning with the field of epigenetics

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I almost included epigenetics in this post as a driving force, but, it is not official one. Hence I didn't. But I will explore the topic in one of the following parts. I wouldnt call it lamarkism though.

Check out https://www.nature.com/articles/nn.3603 . Many other examples too. There are only 4 "official" forces of evolution. Sexual and natural selection fall under the same force. I'm not sure what you would call epigenetics, but it does play a role in evolution, particularly in mammals through imprinting.

By all means, it does play a role. It's one of the levels of gene regulation.
You tweak gene expression and you get whole another set of phenotypes.