The Lamarckian chicken and the Darwinian egg

Yitzhak Pilpel; Oded Rechavi

doi:10.1186/s13062-015-0062-9

The Lamarckian chicken and the Darwinian egg

Yitzhak Pilpel^*, Oded Rechavi

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Which came first, the Chicken or the Egg?" We suggest this question is not a paradox. The Modern Synthesis envisions speciation through genetic changes in germ cells via random mutations, an "Egg first" scenario, but perhaps epigenetic inheritance mechanisms can transmit adaptive changes initiated in the soma ("Chicken first"). Reviewers: The article was reviewed by Dr. Eugene Koonin, Dr. Itai Yanai, Dr. Laura Landweber.

Original language	English
Article number	34
Journal	Biology Direct
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13062-015-0062-9
State	Published - 1 Jul 2015

Keywords

Darwinian Evolution
Epigenetic Inheritance
Evolution
Lamarckian Evolution
Modern Synthesis
Transgenerational RNA Interference
Weismann Barrier

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