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The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the significance of some of the results of Rudolf Steiner’s research for modern developments in genetics. The key concepts are: the etheric organism as the bearer of the laws and processes of inheritance; the metamorphosis of growth forces into those of thinking; the human ‘T’ as controller and modifier of genetic material and self-organisation (molecular-Darwinism) seen anew in the light of anthroposophy.
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Glöckler, M. (1997). Human biography and its genetic instrument. In: Wirz, J., van Bueren, E.T.L. (eds) The future of DNA. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5494-9_11
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