Human Epigenetics Carlberg Carsten
Human Epigenetics Carlberg Carsten The view "It's all in our genes and we cannot change it" developed in the past 150 years since Gregor Mendel's experiments with flowering pea plants. In the cell…
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Human Epigenetics Carlberg Carsten
The view "It's all in our genes and we cannot change it" developed in the past 150 years since Gregor Mendel's experiments with flowering pea plants. In the cell nucleus our genes are packed into chromatin, which is a complex of histone proteins and genomic DNA, representing the molecular basis of epigenetics. However, there is a special form of genetics, referred to as epigenetics, which does not involve any change of our genes but regulates how and when they are used.
epigenetics changes dynamically throughout our whole life. Our environment and lifestyle decisions influence the epigenetics of our cells and organs, i.e. Thus, we have the chance to change our epigenetics in a positive as well as negative way and present the onset of diseases, such a type 2 diabetes or cancer.This textbook provides a molecular explanation how our genome is connected with environmental