Is Epigenetic Inheritance Real?
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Epigenetic inheritance is really weird, but is it real?
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Crash Course Physics with Dr. Shini Somara: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Want more on epigenetic inheritance? Start here:
Univ. of Utahβs Learn Genetics: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/inheritance/
Virginia Hughes - βEpigenetics: The Sins of the Fatherβ http://www.nature.com/news/epigenetics-the-sins-of-the-father-1.14816
Dig deeper:
Szyf, Moshe. "Nongenetic inheritance and transgenerational epigenetics."Trends in molecular medicine 21.2 (2015): 134-144.
Sharma, Abhay. "Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance requires a much deeper analysis." Trends in molecular medicine 21.5 (2015): 269-270.
Heard, Edith, and Robert A. Martienssen. "Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: myths and mechanisms." Cell 157.1 (2014): 95-109.
Rando, Oliver J. "Daddy issues: paternal effects on phenotype." Cell 151.4 (2012): 702-708.
Jablonka, Eva, and Gal Raz. "Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: prevalence, mechanisms, and implications for the study of heredity and evolution." The Quarterly review of biology 84.2 (2009): 131-176.
Heijmans, Bastiaan T., et al. "Persistent epigenetic differences associated with prenatal exposure to famine in humans." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105.44 (2008): 17046-17049.
Pembrey, Marcus, et al. "Human transgenerational responses to early-life experience: potential impact on development, health and biomedical research." Journal of medical genetics (2014): jmedgenet-2014.
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