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50 years ago, armadillos hinted that DNA wasn’t destiny

Author: Bethany Brookshire / Source: Science News

Nine-banded armadillo
SCALY SCIENCE Nine-banded armadillos have their offspring four at a time, each genetically identical. But scientists now know that identical DNA isn’t everything.

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. —

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