Inheriting acquired traits requires trailblazer modifications to unfertilized eggs

(RIKEN) Researchers led by Azusa Inoue at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan have discovered a mark left behind in unfertilized egg cells that determine which DNA instructions will be inherited if the egg is fertilized. when these instructions are missing, enlarged placentas and miscarriages occur.
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