Epigenetics arise! | Gene Expression from Discover Blog by Razib Khan

If Mike Lynch and Jerry Coyne have fits over Sean B. Carroll’s love affair with gene regulation at the expense of old fashion sequence variation, I wonder how they’ll view the inflation of epigenetics which is liable to get more out of control before people begin to gain a sense of perspective. I see on Amazon there are already some suspect titles trying to use epigenetics as stepping stones. For example, Happiness Genes: Unlock the Positive Potential Hidden in Your DNA. One of the blurbs [...]

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