Comments | animegoil: the age of epigenetics has arrived

animegoil

the age of epigenetics has arrived

Jan 17, 2010 19:59

This is a fascinating article by TIME with far-reaching implications, for those who are interested in genetics. And even if you aren't, the premise is this: our genes aren't the end-all, be-all. We've been told that genes decide what we are, but now we're starting to see that epigenetic marks may be the actual deciding factors. Epigenetic marks ( Read more... )

topic: nerdy, topic: cool stuff, topic: genetics

Comments 3

floweryflowers January 18 2010, 03:43:32 UTC

Wow, that's pretty fascinating! I'd like to read up on it more~

destinydivine January 18 2010, 06:06:28 UTC

I usually don't get science.

BUT I GOT THIS.

This...this kinda fascinated me. Somebody thinks they've got the whole universe figured out and - BAM! - not really. I like that we keep figuring out new things to prove ourselves wrong! XDDDD

animegoil January 19 2010, 01:23:45 UTC

YAY for getting things!

Yeah, it's a little scary sometimes thinking about the future and being like... what things do we hold as 'common sense' and truth that in 100 years are going to be absolutely laughable?