纽约时报：19.6.8创伤后遗症会传给后代子孙吗？

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But if these epigenetic changes acquired during life can indeed also be passed on to later generations, the implications would be huge. Your experiences during your lifetime – particularly traumatic ones – would have a very real impact on your family for generations to come. There are a growing number of studies that support the idea that the effects of trauma can reverberate down the generations through epigenetics.For the PoWs in the Confederate camps, these epigenetic changes were a result of the extreme overcrowding, poor sanitation and malnutrition. The men had to survive on small rations of corn, and many died from diarrhoea and scurvy.

如果人一生中所出现的表观遗传变化确实会遗传给后代，那么其影响将是巨大的。你一生的经历——尤其是创伤性经历——将切实影响家里的若干代人。越来越多的研究都认为，创伤后遗症可以通过表观遗传影响几代人。对于南方战俘营的俘虏来说，这些表观遗传变化是由人满为患、卫生条件恶劣和营养不良造成的。他们的口粮只有一点点玉米，许多人死于腹泻和坏血病。

1. epigenetic   美 [ˌɛpədʒəˈnɛtɪk]  

adj.后成的；外遗传的；后生的；渐成的

2. acquire   英 [əˈkwaɪə(r)]   美 [əˈkwaɪər]  

v.(通过努力、能力、行为表现)获得;购得;获得;得到

第三人称单数： acquires 现在分词： acquiring 过去式： acquired 过去分词： acquired

3. implication   英 [ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn]   美 [ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn]  

n.可能的影响(或作用、结果);含意;暗指;(被)牵连，牵涉

复数： implications

4. support   英 [səˈpɔːt]   美 [səˈpɔːrt]  

v.支持;拥护;鼓励;帮助;援助;资助;赞助

n.支持;拥护;鼓励;资助;帮助;救助;援助;支撑物;支承;支柱;支座

第三人称单数： supports 现在分词： supporting 过去式： supported 过去分词： supported

5. reverberate   英 [rɪˈvɜːbəreɪt]   美 [rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪt]  

v.回响;回荡;(由于强大的噪音)震颤，摇晃;有长久深刻的影响;产生广泛影响

第三人称单数： reverberates 现在分词： reverberating 过去式： reverberated 过去分词： reverberated