Thursday, September 10, 2009

Epigenetics and Heredity

Epigenetics are all the factors that control gene expression. It looks like epigenetic mechnisms such as DNA methylation and histone modification has a lot of power in heredity and functionality. It is recently mentioned in relevance to Lamarckian evolution.
This introduction to epigenetics shows a bit of its relatance to heredity and cancer.

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