Sentences with phrase «epigenome gives»
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«During childbirth we know that there are a lot of changes that occur in the genome and in the epigenome based on things that can happen in the environment — anything from things occurring in the actual environment of the mother giving birth to interventions that can occur during the birth process.
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The epigenome — defined by an ever - expanding list of modifications to DNA and the proteins that interact with it — determines which genes are dialed up or down and gives each cell type its unique personality.
It would be absurd to suggest that the epigenome of modern humans is identical to that of our Paleolithic ancestors, given the substantial changes in environment and food that have occurred since that era.