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I read about epigenetics a few years ago and it's fascinating. I hope more research gets done on it. Trauma passed through genes makes me wonder a few things:
by m348e912 4y ago
I read about epigenetics a few years ago and it's fascinating. I hope more research gets done on it.
Trauma passed through genes makes me wonder a few things:
* Where/How is it encoded in the gene sequence?
* Is having kids earlier in life better for the kid since these is less parental trauma to pass down (assuming the parent experiences some adult trauma)
* What good things are being passed down? Such as ability to play music or understand math more effectively?
- abledon 4y agoheres a quote from the article > And Dias and Ressler reconditioned their mice to lose their fear of cherry blossoms; __the offspring conceived after this “treatment” did not have the cherry blossom epigenetic alteration, nor did they fear the scent.__
- colechristensen 4y agoDNA methylation is one mechanism. https://www.nature.com/articles/npp2012112 https://www.nature.com/articles/npp2012112 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_methylation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_methylation
- m348e912 4y agoCool thanks for the links
- FollowingTheDao 4y agoAs is histone modification: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2019.00192/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2019.0019... And both can be modified by changes in the environment and diet.