Abstract
The idea that brain activity can impact the fate of the progeny goes against a central tenet of biology. Posner et al. describe an RNA-based mechanism for how neuronal responses to environmental cues can be translated into heritable information that affects the behavior of progeny.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1814-1826.e15 |
Journal | Cell |
Volume | 177 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 13 Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- C. elegans
- epigenetic inheritance
- neuronal small RNAs
- non-Mendelian inheritance
- small RNA inheritance
- transgenerational inheritance