Is DNA damage an inevitable consequence of epigenetic reprogramming?
Is DNA damage an inevitable consequence of epigenetic reprogramming?
Postdoc forced to leave position after questioning the reproducibility of advisor's data
Two sisters -- a developmental biologist and high-end fashion designer -- team up to develop a couture collection inspired by the first 1,000 hours of embryonic life
| May 14, 2011
There are a surprising number of unknowns about how our limbs come to be symmetrical.
Floral bouquets are the most ephemeral of presents. The puzzle of how flowers get their shape, however, is more enduring. It’s a question that has kept Enrico Coen, a plant biologist at the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom, busy for more than
Epigenetic marks laid down during the cold months of the year allow flowering in spring and summer.
There are many ways that epigenetic effects regulate the activation or repression of genes. Here are a few molecular tricks cells use to read off the right genetic program.
Epigenetic events regulate the activities of genes without changing the DNA sequence. Different genes are expressed depending on the methyl-marks attached to DNA itself and by changes in the structure and/or composition of chromatin. The main compone