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Lamarck, Lamarckism, epigenetics and epigenetic inheritance

Snait B. Gissis and Eva Jablonka: Transformations of Lamarckism: From subtle fluids to molecular biology. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2011, 457pp, $50.00 HB

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Hall, B.K. Lamarck, Lamarckism, epigenetics and epigenetic inheritance. Metascience 21, 375–378 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-012-9661-6

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