How You Can Change Your Genes

Dr. Lars Olov Bygren's research helps explain how a father's diet might affect certain traits he passes to his son

Where to Find Epigenetic Marks

Where to find epigenetic marks

Just as genes provide the codes for producing proteins, various chemicals called epigenetic marks sit atop genes and offer basic instructions to them, telling them to switch on or off

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