According to Ed Yong a well-known science writer and Anne
Brunet from Stanford University, who led a study regarding the worm Caenorhabditis
elegans, worms can inherit a memory of longevity from their parents. Her
research indicates worms with long lifespans can transfer their extended
lifespan to their offspring by passing on changes in the way their genes are
used, not the differences in the DNA itself. Furthermore, some of the genes
isolated in the Caenorhabditis elegans, which influence aging, also
are found to influence aging in humans. Brunet is now researching the possibility that
the results found in the worm Caenorhabditis elegans translate to species
that are evolutionarily closer to humans, such as fish and mice.
I thought that your findings were really intersecting that Caenorhabditis elegans can pass changes by their genes; nature is finding ways to evolve and grow.
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