The simultaneous mapping of DNA mutations and epigenetic changes as colorectal cancer evolves has for the first time tracked their relative contributions and shown epigenetic control of gene ...

Epigenetics is a rapidly growing field of study that focuses on the heritable changes in gene expression that occur without alterations to the underlying DNA sequence. These changes are caused by ...

In labs around the world, unusual mice scuttle around their cages. Half of each mouse’s tail is coated with fur the shade of burnt toast, while the tip is drained of color. It’s a telltale sign of ...

Studies in roundworms by biologists at the University of Iowa suggest that a mother’s response to stress can influence her children and her grandchildren, through heritable epigenetic changes. Their ...

Epigenetics, a term coined by Conrad H. Waddington in the early 1940s, originally described the complex molecular pathways that govern how a genotype manifests as a phenotype. Over time, this ...

Epigenetics is a rapidly emerging area of medical research that examines changes in the biological structure of function related to heritable changes in the expression or activity of genes that do not ...

Preface: The Jurassic Park of Nevada -- Introduction: Looking back -- From God to science -- Lamarck to Darwin -- From Darwin to the new (modern) synthesis -- Epigenetics and the newer synthesis -- ...

Epigenetics explains how nongenetic forces can alter generational phenotypes in a heritable manner.1 Certain addictions are not 100% heritable yet are still completely genetic in causation. An ...