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Pangenesis

Pangenesis is an early concept that genetic information is carried from various parts of the body to reproductive cells. Modern genetics has shown that this concept is basically incorrect, although epigenetic mechanism may embody this concept.



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  • Early concept of heredity proposing that particles carry genetic information from different parts of the body to the reproductive organs [1].