microRNA modification. When these epigenetic changes are heritable, they can influence evolution. Current research indicates that epigenetics has played...
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Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance is the proposed transmission of epigenetic markers and modifications from one generation to multiple subsequent...
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Behavioral epigenetics Biological effects of radiation on the epigenome Computational epigenetics Contribution of epigenetic modifications to evolution DAnCER...
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Moreover, epi-marks are modifications of histone proteins. Epigenetic marks are modifications of the methyl and acetyl groups that bind to DNA histones thereby...
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to offspring and increase the risk of developmental disorders or disease. Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation and histone modification,...
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"Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: Prevalence, Mechanisms, and Implications for the Study of Heredity and Evolution" (PDF). The Quarterly Review of Biology...
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Epigenetics of anxiety and stress–related disorders is the field studying the relationship between epigenetic modifications of genes and anxiety and stress-related...
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Lamarckism (redirect from Lamarckian evolution)
primacy of DNA and evolution of epigenetic switches by natural selection. Haig has written that there is a "visceral attraction" to Lamarckian evolution from...
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Heredity (redirect from Science of heredity)
"Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: Prevalence, mechanisms, and implications for the study of heredity and evolution" (PDF). The Quarterly Review of Biology...
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Genomic imprinting (redirect from Epigenetic imprinting)
Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that causes genes to be expressed or not, depending on whether they are inherited from the female or male...
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Hippocampus (redirect from Evolution of the hippocampus)
PMID 29556496. Drohat AC, Coey CT (October 2016). "Role of Base Excision "Repair" Enzymes in Erasing Epigenetic Marks from DNA". Chemical Reviews. 116 (20): 12711–12729...
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syndrome may be linked to epigenetic modifications. A recent study that compared the methylation patterns of dogs with those of wolves found 68 significantly...
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epigenetic changes, known as genomic imprinting, are required for successful fertilization and embryonic development in mammals. These modifications fine-tune...
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Carcinogenesis (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025)
of a cancer, whereby normal cells are transformed into cancer cells. The process is characterized by changes at the cellular, genetic, and epigenetic...
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The evolution of plants has resulted in a wide range of complexity, from the earliest algal mats of unicellular archaeplastids evolved through endosymbiosis...
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Addiction (redirect from Addicted to drugs)
development of drug addiction. Addictive drugs are associated with three types of epigenetic modifications within neurons. These are (1) histone modifications, (2)...
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285 Rapp, Ryan A.; Wendell, Jonathan F. (October 2005). "Epigenetics and plant evolution". New Phytologist. 168 (1): 81–91. Bibcode:2005NewPh.168.....
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biological development, heredity, and evolution. It emphasizes the shared contributions of genes, environment, and epigenetic factors on developmental processes...
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Germline (section Epigenetic alterations)
percent of live-born offspring have a genetic disorder, and of these, about 20% are due to newly arisen germline mutations. Epigenetic alterations of DNA...
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Siddhartha Mukherjee (redirect from The Laws of Medicine)
histone modifications are at play." It is now generally believed that histone modification and DNA methylations are major factors of epigenetic functions...
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are epigenetic effects. Epigenetics is the study of long lasting changes in gene expression that are produced by modifications to chromatin instead of changes...
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Biology (redirect from Introduction to biology)
activity, and responsiveness to signals, which are largely due to highly controlled modifications in gene expression and epigenetics. With a few exceptions...
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Nucleosome (redirect from Histone post-translational modification)
nucleosomes. Nucleosomes are thought to carry epigenetically inherited information in the form of covalent modifications of their core histones. Nucleosome...
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Botany (redirect from Study of plants)
are molecular genetics and epigenetics, which study the mechanisms and control of gene expression during differentiation of plant cells and tissues. Botanical...
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Evolutionary developmental biology (redirect from Evolution of development)
Waddington had called for embryology to be added to the synthesis in his 1953 paper "Epigenetics and Evolution". Positive bias is sometimes called developmental...
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Leon Mutesa (category National University of Rwanda alumni)
forms of violence. Mutesa’s studies have shed light on the mechanisms by which epigenetic modifications impact cellular processes and contribute to various...
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David Crews (category University of Texas at Austin faculty)
nature of epigenetic modifications. Context-dependent epigenetic change occurs as a consequence of exposure. A defining element is that this type of change...
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cause of obesity. Recent research indicates that environmental influences can lead to epigenetic modifications affecting gene expression related to obesity...
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cell division. DNA methylation and histone modifications comprise two of the main epigenetic modifications important for many physiological and pathological...
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Colorectal cancer (redirect from Cancer of the colon)
1038/onc.2008.474. PMID 19137007. Kanwal R, Gupta S (April 2012). "Epigenetic modifications in cancer". Clinical Genetics. 81 (4): 303–311. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004...
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