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I don't understand why the axin fused mice (kinked tail) are pictured when they are not referenced in the text. Also why isn't the work from Marcus Pembrey et al, included, surely that is one the best examples of transgenerational inheritance? And it is in humans. A good review can be seen here: http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v14/n2/full/5201567a.html (assuming you have access to nature).

Experts debunk study that found Holocaust trauma is inherited

The inherited trauma of Holocaust survivors study at the Icahn School of Medicine is apparently very likely to be worthless, see: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-holocaust-trauma-not-inherited-20170609-story.html The paragraph should probably be updated to strongly put the study into question. Roythebob (talk) 22:07, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Given that it was a single study (primary research) which has been rebutted as unsafe, I've removed it. If it gets some support from further research and is then discussed as not necessarily worthless by a reliable secondary source (like a review paper in a major journal) then we can put something back, but for now, it's just bad science. It shows the good sense in WP:PRIMARY, by the way. Chiswick Chap (talk) 01:18, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The National Library of Medicine and the American Journal of Psychiatry have published the paper, and it has since been cited by 72 articles as of September, 2020.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24832930/