Looks like the next big thing (not least because of the available grant money) in understanding how inheritance works. It’s easy to draw the inference that this is analogous to Lamarckism, which may be a reason for opposition. :’)
here’s some premium content that looks interesting:
Entire-paper plagiarism caught by software
Thousands of ‘similarities’ found between papers
Declan Butler
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081008/full/455715a.html
Arctic ice shrinks less this year than last
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080924/full/455441f.html
Not that, I bet it happens when they discover what triggers a parent’s genetic contribution to change in a way that creates a gay child (thus giving them a marker to look at for possible selective abortion)!