epigenetics

How behavior can transcend generations

Classical genetics dictates that chromosomal DNA stores all the heritable information. However, the DNA sequence is not the only piece of information that one...

How early-life adversity gets under the skin

Keeping the balance: How epigenetics monitors cancer genes

Epigenetic regulation consists in chemical modifications on the proteins that organize DNA. Here, we show how it increases gene copies and rearranges the MLL...

Stressful memories help plants resist caterpillars

Current agricultural practices heavily depend on harmful pesticides to protect crops against deadly pests and diseases. But what if plants could protect...

Writing cell memory: how Histones play a role in Epigenetic Memory

Our cells remember their cell type-specific functions during their lifetime using modifications on histones, the proteins packaging DNA. Such epigenetic memory...

Age-induced unsealing of the "Pandora's box": resurrection of endogenous retroviruses

Aging is like a box full of secrets. Inside this "Pandora's box" lies a ticking time bomb of viruses, obsolete from millions of years ago, called endogenous...