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		iovrthoughtthis on April 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Neuroscientists discover molecular mechanism that ... this seems incredibly related https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone_code i’m not surprised that a mechanism like this is involved in memory storage/retrieval. im left with questions about the heritability of these epigenetic parts of memory.

andelu on April 6, 2021 | [–]

Heritability? How? Remember that gamets (egg/sperm) are not affected by this, so passing these memories onto the next generation is not plausible.

beowulfey on April 6, 2021 | [–]

this particular kind of interaction would not be transmissible. Some other mechanisms, such as DNA methylation or miRNA may be though.

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