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Re:How exercise could lead to a better brain by pyrogyn on Monday April 23, 2012 @10:10PM (#3882081)
That's called "Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics", and it doesn't quite work that way. The more you know!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance_of_acquired_charact...

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Re:How exercise could lead to a better brain by carbocation on Monday April 23, 2012 @11:16PM (#3882251)
Agreed about strict Lamarckism; however, also consider: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgenerational_epigenetics
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