Sentences with phrase «alter epigenetic tags»

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Most research on epigenetics has focused on the way everyday experiences alter patterns of gene activity in DNA during life through a chemical process of gene tagging called methylation, which usually silences genes.

Much of the previous research on epigenetics has focused on the fact that everyday experiences alter patterns of gene activity in DNA during life through a chemical process of gene tagging called methylation, which usually silences genes.