Re:Strange DNA structures linked to cancer
by ralfd on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:04AM
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In sexually reproducing organisms, much of the epigenetic modification within cells is reset during meiosis.
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Re:Strange DNA structures linked to cancer
by rflrob on Saturday January 22, 2022 @12:18PM
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While I’m of the opinion that trans-generational epigenetic inheritance is not typically important in human biology, the most convincing argument I’ve heard is that the egg cells that will become a grandchild are present and post-meiotic in the fetus of the mother, so exposures to the grandmother could have effects 2 generations down without requiring some relatively exotic pattern of inheritance.