Perceptions of epigenetics
Abstract
Geneticists study the gene; however, for epigeneticists, there is no obvious 'epigene'. Nevertheless, during the past year, more than 2,500 articles, numerous scientific meetings and a new journal were devoted to the subject of epigenetics. It encompasses some of the most exciting contemporary biology and is portrayed by the popular press as a revolutionary new science - an antidote to the idea that we are hard-wired by our genes. So what is epigenetics?
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- May 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1038/nature05913
- Bibcode:
- 2007Natur.447..396B