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fredinjeddah
7th June 2010 - 04:01 PM
We inherit our parents genes through our DNA. This I understand to be things like, eye color, hair, facial features, disease, etc.

What I am intrigued to know, is if our experiences during our lifetime are also somehow carried in our DNA. Almost like memories and experiences, that form us and make us who we are? Or are we just mutations as a result of our two parents combining their DNA?

Just a thought.



enord
7th June 2010 - 04:09 PM
ithinx environment affects genetic some
flyingbuttressman
7th June 2010 - 04:18 PM
QUOTE (fredinjeddah+Jun 7 2010, 12:01 PM)
What I am intrigued to know, is if our experiences during our lifetime are also somehow carried in our DNA.

No. Your DNA remains mostly static during your lifetime.
El_Machinae
8th June 2010 - 12:58 AM
There's a little bit of epigenetic inheritance. Prions in your mother's egg, for example, will shape prions in the embryo that eventually becomes you. The shape of the mother's prions will affect the eventual phenotype.

Chromodynamix
25th July 2010 - 09:10 AM
The only way the environment will affect our genetics is either by teratogenic chemicals or viruses which can integrate into the genome. There are many cases where large parts of one specie's genome is found in a completely unrelated species, transfered by either bacteria or viruses.
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