Did Paul Kammerer discover epigenetic inheritance? No and why not

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 314 B, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 616-624

  Gliboff, Sander ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HISTORY; INHERITANCE; MALE;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ANURA;

EID: 78649641630     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21374     Document Type: Article

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