The developing genome? More than just packaging, the genome affects the way our genes change and develop
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 13:31
in Biology & Nature
Since Charles Darwin first put forth the theory of evolution, scientists have been trying to unlock the mysteries of genetics. But research on the genome the organism's entire hereditary package encoded in DNA and RNA has been less extensive. There is a tendency to think of the genome as a static and passive container of information, says Dr. Ehud Lamm of Tel Aviv University's Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas.