Sentences with phrase «of epigenetic inheritance»
Despite this, however, the phenomenon of epigenetic inheritance is still poorly understood.
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«We are more than our DNA: Discovering a new mechanism of epigenetic inheritance.»
«Because of epigenetic inheritance, it may take several generations to turn around the impact of poverty or war or dislocation on a population.»
An example of epigenetic inheritance, this color diversity reflects varying degrees of heritable, but reversible, gene repression by PcG proteins.
Some biologists extrapolate findings from rodent studies of epigenetic inheritance to humans, but others remain skeptical
Lead researcher Dr Gabriella Ficz from QMUL's Barts Cancer Institute said: «It's surprising that cells from several healthy individuals are so permissive to gaining this epigenetic change and that one «hit» from an epigenetic editing tool is sufficient to set off this chain reaction of epigenetic inheritance and establish a cancer cell - like gene expression signature.»
The improved sensitivity of μChIP - seq, developed jointly by Klugland, Ren and John Arne Dahl of Oslo University, led to «some remarkable discoveries that have completely changed our view of epigenetic inheritance mechanisms,» says Ren.
Molaro, A. and Hodges, E. and Fang, F. and Song, Q. and McCombie, W. R. and Hannon, G. J. and Smith, A. D. (2011) Sperm Methylation Profiles Reveal Features of Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolution in Primates.
The idea of epigenetic inheritance of sexual phenotypes solves the puzzle of why parthenogenetically - produced daughters carrying only maternal chromosomes exclusively develop into queens and why parental phenotypes (nymph - or worker - derived reproductives) strongly influence caste differentiation of offspring.