Theodosius Dobzhansky Quote

We must remember that heredity, development, and evolution are essentially epigenetic and not preformistic not. We do not inherit from our ancestors, close or remote, separate characters, functional or vestigial. What we do inherit is, instead, genes which determine the pattern of developmental processes.


Evolution, Genetics, and Man, Chapter 10 (p. 242), John Wiley & Son. 1955


We must remember that heredity, development, and evolution are essentially epigenetic and not preformistic not. We do not inherit from our ancestors, ...

We must remember that heredity, development, and evolution are essentially epigenetic and not preformistic not. We do not inherit from our ancestors, ...

We must remember that heredity, development, and evolution are essentially epigenetic and not preformistic not. We do not inherit from our ancestors, ...

We must remember that heredity, development, and evolution are essentially epigenetic and not preformistic not. We do not inherit from our ancestors, ...