Epigenetic 'memory' key to nature versus nurture

Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have made a discovery that explains how an organism can create a biological memory of some variable condition, such as quality of nutrition or temperature. The discovery explains the mechanism of this memory -- a sort of biological switch -- and how it can also be inherited by offspring.

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