Environmental Epigenetics and a Unified Theory of the Molecular Aspects of Evolution: A Neo-Lamarckian Concept that Facilitates Neo-Darwinian Evolution.

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Published in Genome Biol Evol on April 26, 2015

Authors

Michael K Skinner1

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1: Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University skinner@wsu.edu.

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