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Scientists found that some inherited traits can bypass the traditional rules of genetics, revealing a surprising new layer of ...

Scientists have long known that the DNA code in genes is not the only way to pass genetic traits from parents to offspring. "Epigenetic" marks—chemical modifications to DNA that don't change the DNA ...

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