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The DNA doesn't sport standard read/write access, what's happening is that the expression or not of some genes can occur on an individual and be inherited by it
by hobbes78 13y ago
The DNA doesn't sport standard read/write access, what's happening is that the expression or not of some genes can occur on an individual and be inherited by its offspring. The DNA doesn't change (save for the chance of a tiny few random changes, as usual)...
- Blahah 13y ago(de)methylation is DNA read/write. The DNA does change, although the sequence of bases doesn't.
- foobarbazqux 13y agoMethylation is like setting a preference in a config file.
- total__C 13y agoIn the situation described by the article, the changes in gene expression are happening in the rat's brains. These changes aren't going to make it into the rat's gametes.