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From: John Larkin <jjSNIPlarkin@highNONOlandtechnology.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Dynamic DNA structures and the formation of memory
Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 18:30:32 -0700
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On Sun, 12 May 2024 21:21:56 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
<fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:

>John Larkin wrote:
>> On Sun, 05 May 2024 05:36:06 GMT, Jan Panteltje
>> <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dynamic DNA structures and the formation of memory
>>> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240501125755.htm
>>> Summary:
>>> An international collaborative research team has discovered that
>>> G-quadraplex DNA (G4-DNA) accumulates in neurons and dynamically
>>> controls the activation and repression of genes underlying long-term
>>> memory formation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have always though that memory could be stored as DNA sequenxes...
>>
>> More likely RNA or some other protein.
>>
>> The oft-mocked Lamarckian concept, of genetic learning (not just
>> natural selection) is probably real, and some reverse transcription
>> does happen, namely that DNA is edited within the life of one
>> organism. But remembering where you left your glasses is probably
>> handled at a lower level than editing your chromosones.
>
>But how can it be passed down as Lamarck thought, if the eggs in the 
>ovaries are formed early? If genetic memory could be passed down it 
>would be only from the father because sperm are formed recently. But the 
>sperm spawn from local cells. If DNA is edited to store memory then 
>would these changes be duplicated in all cells in all tissues? How else 
>would the changes get into sperm cells? How could they get into eggs?
>

If it is advantageous for a woman's life experiences to be passed onto
her children, nature will find a way.