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To me, the title sounds like your genes are changed (pre-transcription), whereas the study finds ways the body operates on itself (post-transcription). Quite a
by dramaticus3 15y ago
To me, the title sounds like your genes are changed (pre-transcription), whereas the study finds ways the body operates on itself (post-transcription).
Quite a difference.
That said, it is already known that parental malnutrition can be detected in offspring that were never themselves malnurished.
- andrewljohnson 15y agoSo, does that mean that that the post-transcriptive changes will not affect descendants? If so, I agree that my impression of the title is at odds with the information trying to be conveyed. EDIT: I think you edited your comment to basically say that maybe these changes can be passed on?
- pygy_ 15y agoNope. The malnutrition causes gene methilation, which can be passed to children.
- dramaticus3 15y agoI edited my comment to add the malnurishment part but that's not the same as the premise of the article.