epigenetics

In biology, the term epigenetics refers to heritable changes in phenotype (appearance) or gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence (hence the name epi - "in addition to" - genetics).
Epigenetics: Genome, Meet Your Environment :The Scientist
The multicolored rodents make for a fascinating epigenetics story, which Randy Jirtle and Robert Waterland of Duke University told last summer in a ...
How epigenetics affects twins :The Scientist
"These findings help show how environmental factors can change one's gene expression and susceptibility to disease, by affecting epigenetics," Esteller
told ...

Epigenetic suicide note :The Scientist
These epigenetic changes, in turn, affected the regulation of stress hormone levels into adulthood, such that licked pups matured into calmer adults than ...
Epigenetic suicide note :The Scientist
Sep 1, 2009 Saying that, I think this research is a first in understanding the adult epigenetics of people with abused childhoods and I look forward to ...

An epigenetic inheritance :The Scientist
Jan 19, 2009 Because twins growing up in one household generally share environmental influences, the researchers hypothesized that epigenetic differences ...
The Meaning of Epigenetics :The Scientist
Epigenetics is the buzz word prominent in the current issue of The Scientist ( see "Researchers Focus on Histone Code") and a recent theme issue of Science ...

Cancer Epigenetics Enters the Mainstream :The Scientist
Epigenetics remained the preserve of a few cognoscenti who, away from the spotlight, made steady progress. In the last decade or so, their results have
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Epigenetics lives on in clones :The Scientist
Feb 2, 2005 Epigenetics lives on in clones Email: Melissa Phillips - mlphilli@u washington edu. News from The Scientist 2005, 6(1):20050202-01 ...

Epigenetics and the heart :The Scientist
Feb 20, 2006 Epigenetics and chromatin remodeling, it turns out, may play a role in heart disease. In one of two keynote addresses that opened the ...
Epigenetics in Australia -- and New York :The Scientist
Feb 13, 2006 Epigenetics in Australia -- and New York Posted by Stephen Pincock [Entry posted at 13th February 2006 01:05 AM GMT] ...

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