Balderdash (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-10-06 22:50 (#2T5D) The lead author sounds like a terrible person, purposely conflating insect reproduction with a implied human connection that completely doesn't exist. AW. Re: Balderdash (Score: 1) by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-10-06 23:08 (#2T5E) You say this based on which insights? Epigenetic effects are known for quite some time.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EpigeneticsKnowing that and from the article:The researchers propose that the effect is due to molecules in the semen of the first mate being absorbed by the female's immature eggs where they influence future offspring.Not much of a stretch.And I think it is only natural, that when such a mechanism is found in one species, to look if the same mechanism can be found in other species, too.
Re: Balderdash (Score: 1) by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-10-06 23:08 (#2T5E) You say this based on which insights? Epigenetic effects are known for quite some time.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EpigeneticsKnowing that and from the article:The researchers propose that the effect is due to molecules in the semen of the first mate being absorbed by the female's immature eggs where they influence future offspring.Not much of a stretch.And I think it is only natural, that when such a mechanism is found in one species, to look if the same mechanism can be found in other species, too.