For Darwin, the only thing that organisms contribute to determining how next-generation phenotypes differ from parent-generation phenotypes is random variation.

对达尔文来说，造成子代表型和父代表型存在差异的因素中，生物自身所起的唯一作用就是随机突变。

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But to his parents generation the word is a reminder of the counter-revolutionary movement in Nicaragua.

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It seems to be important in some sorts of cancer, and there is also evidence that regulation by methylation can be passed from parent to offspring, meaning that characteristics acquired by one generation may be inherited by the next.

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