A pluralistic reconsideration of the concept of inheritance
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Contrastescontrastes.v26i3.10251Keywords:
Epigenetics, Evolution, Eco-devo, GenocentrismAbstract
Following recent discoveries in emerging disciplines such as epigenetics or eco-devo, the genocentric concept of inheritance proposed by Modern Synthesis has been subjected to intense analysis and revision. The paper aims to analyze the conceptual and practical inconsistencies derived from the classical concept of inheritance, as well as to propose a more pluralistic concept. To this purpose, epigenetic inheritance will be taken as a reference phenomenon. From these analyses it will be concluded that only by embracing a pluralistic concept of inheritance is it possible to overcome the practical and conceptual limitations of the inheritance model presented by Modern Synthesis.
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