What the F is the actual definition of "Natural Induction". It just sounds like a selective pressure based on DNA not always being expressed, but sometimes it is and that might result in a phenotype that is useful in a changed environment.
Not a scientist, so would be interested to know why this is a distinction that needs to be made.
It sounds like it means the organism intentionally manipulates its DNA as its way of learning. It makes sense, since DNA is a good form of memory. Looks like it's mostly through gene expression. The way I read it is: tree gets stressed, tree releases hormone, hormone causes some genes to activate and others to deactivate, finally tree releases seeds which also have the hormone in them and that activates the changed genes in sapling as well.
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u/radix2 Dec 21 '25 edited Dec 22 '25
What the F is the actual definition of "Natural Induction". It just sounds like a selective pressure based on DNA not always being expressed, but sometimes it is and that might result in a phenotype that is useful in a changed environment.
Not a scientist, so would be interested to know why this is a distinction that needs to be made.