Author: Bethany Brookshire / Source: Science News

64 armadillos threaten a theory —
Armadillos come in fours, quadruplet offspring from a single egg, and are endowed with identical genes.
Yet, the quadruplets are often not identical, a fact that calls into question the assumption that genes encased in the nucleus of the cell are the sole determinants of heredity. —The post 50 years ago, armadillos hinted that DNA wasn’t destiny appeared first on FeedBox.