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In my understanding, the article was saying that who your ancestors are has less of an impact on DNA methylation (epigenetic markers) than where you grew up. It
by pc2g4d 10y ago
In my understanding, the article was saying that who your ancestors are has less of an impact on DNA methylation (epigenetic markers) than where you grew up. It's not about race, it's about ethnicity---the cultural identity of the individuals, the environment they lived in. It's not about DNA, it's about how DNA is actually manifested, as represented by methylation markers.
- fvdessen 10y agoThe articles states that at least 76% of the observed differences in the population come from their raw DNA. Epigenetics may thus affect up to 24% of the observed differences. So DNA is still the predominant factor.
- medymed 10y agoDon't think so, they didn't look at raw dna sequences. They appear to just look at ethnicities, within which there is a lot of genetic variation.