Study finds how worm embryos produce specific, pluripotent cells

Researchers have discovered how specific proteins within roundworm chromosomes enable their offspring to produce specialised cells generations later, a startling discovery that challenges the conventional wisdom that hereditary information for cell differentiation is primarily ingrained within DNA and other genetic factors.

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