Epigenetics: Good resources to help me understand it.

The word rings a bell, but that's about it.

Hm... well, the Wikipedia article is a bit difficult to read. I've been editing so far, but it's been clearly written by people who know a lot about the subject but don't know much about communicating it to the laymen.

Here's what you should try to do.

First thing's first, you should start off with something easy, written for the laymen.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/2002/November/epigenetics.htm

That should do the trick.

Next you work upwards.

Go to Entrez Pubmed

Click on the link, Books, near the very right of the black banner. Scroll down until you find Human Molecular Genetics 2. It's the Undergraduate textbook of choice. Look up Section 8, Human Gene Expression.

I can't remember off the top off my head, but I think Genome by TA Brown is pretty good too.

If you want a one stop site for finding out about Epigenetics, then I'm afraid you're out of luck.

I have researched a very little about DNA methylation, epigenetics and neo- Lamarkianism , and prions, so thats pretty slim pickins. Ill bet that if you tie Wolf up, and threaten to beat him , he might give you the answers you seek.

That wouldn't work, as I've forgotten so much that beating me up would require me to do dlowan's work for him. Surely, you do not advocate such laziness, FM?

I am not above laziness. Its been an ongoing battle throughout my life.

Thank you indeed, Wolf.

A leetle exposition would make dlowan very happy, however, and not contribute overly much to her moral turpitude.

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!

SHHHHH, you might just draw spendi in. Hes like an old bass when it comes to extracting bogus social issues from science

Dlowan--

I'm ruefully impressed by your intellectual vigor.

Lil Debbie, try googling Lamarkianism , epigenetics. Im sure that there will be a place to start.

Lol! Nah, don't be.....my specialty is attachment and trauma...and the part of this I am interested in is where it it crosses theoretically with these in neurology.




Now there's the thing, and what I was hoping to get some good discussion from real scientists.


Lamarkianism indeed.


IS this stuff nonsense, or is there real evidence?


As I said above, I AM, of course, googling.....but 'tis hard for a layperson to decipher trash on the net from reasonable stuff. I have only to google in areas I DO know a lot about to be wary! So....if you folk know specific sites/rsources that are good, then that helps.

I'm not easy to impress.

Here's a primer I found...for anyone reading along who might be interested:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/ghostgenes.shtml


https://notes.utk.edu/bio/greenberg.nsf/0/b360905554fdb7d985256ec5006a7755?OpenDocument

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there is certainly evidence to support epigenetic transform. Its not that its a bunch of hooey. Its been around as a phenom since at least the 50's .and, in the neo-Darwinian world, it has been responsible for possible Lamarkian transfre of somatic information. Its usually the first environmental response in somatic cells and extra nuclear DNA. Often it involves only RNA and free-radicals.

Hey dl, you might be interested in this.

klik me

fascinating

Thankee folks!



(Is it safe to come out? Are the bowel movements over? )

Well, it would appear the situation is sorted then. In a way, epigenetics is inherited, surely? I mean, otherwise skins cells might end up making insulin or antibodies.