150 years of Darwin's theory of intercellular flow of hereditary information. Issue 12 (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Yongsheng; Chen, Qi
• Is Part Of: Nature reviews. Volume 19:Issue 12(2018)
• Page Start: 749
• Page End: 750
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: Cytology -- Periodicals; Molecular biology -- Periodicals; 572.805
• DOI: 10.1038/s41580-018-0072-4
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-0072

Abstract

In 1868, Charles Darwin published his Pangenesis theory, which proposed a mechanism for the flow of hereditary information between cells and generations. Pangenesis has since been disputed, but emerging evidence of cell-to-cell communication urges the reconsideration of this 150-year-old theory. Charles Darwin's Pangenesis theory, which proposed an intercellular mechanism for the flow of hereditary information, is gaining new ground.