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'''Structural inheritance''' is the transmission of a trait in a living [[organism]] by a self-perpetuating spatial structures. This is in contrast to the transmission of digital information such as is found in [[DNA]] sequences, which accounts for the vast majority of known [[genetics|genetic]] variation.

Examples of structural inheritance include [[yeast]]the propagation of [[prion]]s, andthe hasinfections also been seen in the orientationagents of [[cilium|cilia]].diseases Somesuch otheras [[organelle]]sscrapie may(in alsosheep demonstrateand structural inheritancegoats), andbovine thespongiform [[cellencephalopathy (biology)|cell]]'mad itselfcow (defined by the [[plasma membrane]]disease') may also be an example of structuraland inheritance.crueztfel

[[yeast]] prions <ref>Tuite MF, Lindquist SL. Maintenance and inheritance of yeast prions. Trends Genet. 1996 Nov;12(11):467-71.</ref>, and has also been seen in the orientation of [[cilium|cilia]]. Some other [[organelle]]s may also demonstrate structural inheritance, and the [[cell (biology)|cell]] itself (defined by the [[plasma membrane]]) may also be an example of structural inheritance.

Various additional examples of structural inheritance are presented in the recent book [[Origination of Organismal Form]].