Epigenetics Readings Flashcards

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mother’s prenatal diet

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  • if the pregnant mom had a low-carb diet, this put the child at risk for obesity
  • when the baby was developing, perhaps it was silencing some of the genes associated with digesting carbs because it didn’t have a need to digest carbs
  • if there’s an environmental demand, we might express something, if not, we may not express it
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mice who feared cherry blossom scent

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  • researchers trained mice to fear this scent (feared it was poisonous). Then they mated the male mice, and their offspring also feared cherry blossom
  • babies were never trained to fear cherry blossom, it was passed down genetically -> phobias can be passed down
  • real-world application: to what extent can phobias and things like PTSD be passed down from fathers to children?
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