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Other researchers have come to the conclusion that "the phenomena of cortical inheritance (and related nongenic, epigenetic processes) remind us that the fundamental reproductive unit of life is not a nucleic acid molecule, but the remarkably versatile, intact, living cell."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://science.jrank.org/pages/48371/Cortical-Inheritance.html |title=Cortical Inheritance – Paramecium, Tetrahymena:, Teutophrys, Dileptus, Paramecium:, Pattern Formation: Ciliate Studies and Models – Cell, Cells, Structures, Prion, Genetic, and Information |publisher=Science.jrank.org |date= |accessdate=2011-06-30}}</ref>
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An article in ''[[Newsweek]]'' mentions research that shows that "Some water fleas sport a spiny helmet that deters predators; others, with identical DNA sequences, have bare heads. What differs between the two is not their genes but their mothers' experiences. If mom had a run-in with predators, her offspring have helmets, an effect one wag called "bite the mother, fight the daughter." If mom lived her life unthreatened, her offspring have no helmets. Same DNA, different traits. Somehow, the experience of the mother, not only her DNA sequences, has been transmitted to her offspring."<ref>{{cite web|author=Sharon BegleyJanuary 17, 2009 |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2009/01/16/the-sins-of-the-fathers-take-2.html |title=Begley: Was Darwin Wrong About Evolution? |publisher=Newsweek |date=2009-01-17 |accessdate=2011-06-30}}</ref>
Various additional examples of structural inheritance are presented in the recent book ''[[Origination of Organismal Form]]''.
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