How retrogenes are changing Darwin's natural selection paradigm.
This explosively controversial book challenges the accepted theory on the genetic mechanism of evolution. The traditional neo-Darwinian view assumes we are at the mercy of our genes which we inherit largely unchanged from our parents except for random mutations which accumulate and lead to change over evolutionary time.
This book shows that for one adaptive body system there is strong molecular genetic evidence that aspects of acquired immunities developed by parents in their own lifetime can be passed on to their offspring. It gives new life and scientific credibility to the Lamarckian heresy - the notion of the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
