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Linda Geddes reports on the discovery of intergenerational memory transfer in mice (7 December 2013, p 10). There may be other examples of the genetic transmission of acquired information.
US researcher Joe Hutto raised 14 wild turkeys, from egg incubation to adulthood (24/31 December 2011, p 37). Despite having no contact with other wild turkeys, the brood had certain innate abilities, for example they could distinguish vocalisations associated with warnings, danger, flight, socialising and so on.
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