Keith Benson wrote:

>>> Were her kids born with similar changes?  That is
>>> the question.

They will not be. What happened to her is she stretched her arms and
fingers. Sort of like the old Chinese tradition of bound feet but in
reverse. If it worked with the next generation, you would have had a lot
of happy Chinese women.

I cannot see where a physical constraint on size is inheritable, but I
will agree that a nutritional constraint will make for smaller
offspring. That gets us back over to the Epigenetics thread, where
nutrition can be a factor in passed on traits.

Also fits with Dennis' cell gradation from small to large and how they
fit a seasonal pattern.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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