Epigenetics, revisited (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Saturday, July 02, 2011, 13:54 (4893 days ago) @ David Turell

Here is a newly discovered epigenetic mechanism, which is inheritable. Change in chromatin under stress:
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> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110623130146.htm-I wish this explained the mechanism more... -Specifically, they talk about genes packed in heterochromatin, and that these packaged genes are passed to offspring... but how? My understanding of the process of life begins with a sperm and an egg. Where are these gene packs if they're not in the chromosomes of these sex cells?

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