I am not in that field, but have researched into methylation a bit. The way I understood it, is that methylation groups are applied to genes that are to be "mut

I am not in that field, but have researched into methylation a bit. The way I understood it, is that methylation groups are applied to genes that are to be "muted". Thus, if there are not enough methylation groups available, genes that should not be expressed, are.