Postzygotic reproductive isolation: Epigenetics for an epiphenomenon?

Abstract

Jablonka and Lamb (1998, henceforth referred to as J&L) present the argument that transgenerational epigenetic inheritance can play a major role in evolution in general and postzygotic reproductive isolation in particular. In epigenetic inheritance systems (EIS),“information can be transferred from one generation to the next in ways other than through the base sequence of DNA”(J&L, p. 160). The views expressed in J&L are ...