Herbert Virgin and Thad Stappenbeck, Washington University School of Medicine (IMAGE)

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Herbert Virgin and Thad Stappenbeck, Washington University School of Medicine

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Herbert W. Virgin, MD, PhD (left), and Thad Stappenbeck, MD, PhD, have shown that mothers can pass a trait to their offspring through the DNA of bacteria. The finding suggests that microbes may play a significant role in how genes influence illness and health in higher organisms.

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Robert Boston

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