Can Trauma Be Passed On?

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by Mallory Boucher1 view·Updated Mar 30, 2022
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  1. The purpose of today's presentation is to
  2. evaluate by means of epigenetic research.
  3. If trauma can be passed on
  4. in order to do that,
  5. I first want to make sure you have a strong grasp on what exactly EPA genetics is.
  6. So many of us know at least loosely that genetics is the study of our
  7. genes and that genes are features or traits that we inherit from our ancestors.
  8. So that's why we look like our parents. We inherited their genes,
  9. genetics looks at which traits are inherited and
  10. how they are passed from generation to generation.
  11. Genes are made up from DNA,
  12. which is made up from simple units that line up in a particular
  13. order and create a code that's
  14. used for constructing and operating living organisms
  15. like us.
  16. So if that's genetics,
  17. what is EPA genetics?