One is always attempting to expand one's vocabulary. This word is a good one because it leads to so many others. Starting with Wikipedia, the search goes in many different directions, most based on the hard science found in research related to the human genome and DNA. Basically, the epigenome surrounds the genome, but, now pay attention, whereas the genome carries set characteristics, the epigenome carries characteristics that are influenced by 'environmental' factors that are passed down via the genome in humans. Much is still unknown about how this works.
There is an organization, The Internation Human Epigenetic Consortium, that is studying this topic and research is currently in progress to discover the effects on human health as it relates to genetics carried by the epigenome.
That's enough for now. Go to Wikipedia and find a host of links. Good reading there.
No comments:
Post a Comment