Northwestern University Aug 28 2024 Bacterial cells can "remember" brief, temporary changes to their bodies and immediate surroundings, a new Northwestern University and University of Texas-Southwestern study has found. And, although these changes are not encoded in the cell's genetics, the cell still passes memories of them to its offspring -; for multiple generations. Not only does this discovery challenge long-held assumptions of how the simplest organisms transmit and inherit physical

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