There’s Now a Third Way to Inherit Traits That Isn’t Your DNA or RNA, Scientists Say
8th April 2025
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Most people know that inherited traits between generations is a genetic process, but a new study says other inheritable mechanisms may exist.
Scientists at the University of Toronto studying the hermaphroditic worm Caenorhabditis elegans found that amyloid-like structures—proteins often associated with diseases like Alzheimer’s—can have inheritable traits.
This pathway, or others like it, could explain why some inheritable traits between generations can’t be explained exclusively via DNA and RNA.