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9- Contemporary View Flashcards

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What are epigenetics?

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An emerging area of scientific research that shows how environmental influences actually affect the expression of genes

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What determines how much or little of the gene is expressed?

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DNA that makes up our genes accumulates chemical marks

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What is the epigenome?

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Collection of chemical marks

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What do people’s experiences do to the epigenome?

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They rearrange chemical marks

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