title: Epigenetics, Darwin, and Lamarck.
abstract: It is not really helpful to consider modern environmental epigenetics as neo-Lamarckian; and there is no evidence that Lamarck considered the idea original to himself. We must all keep learning about inheritance, but attributing modern ideas to early researchers is not helpful, and can be misleading.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand d.penny@massey.ac.nz.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Penny
mesh_terms: D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D040582:Inheritance Patterns
keywords: Darwinism; Lamarck; epigenetics; evolution; genetics