Inheritance of traits outside the primary DNA sequence

Clemens Bönisch; Peter Huypens; Johannes Beckers

doi:10.1007/s12268-015-0527-5

Inheritance of traits outside the primary DNA sequence

Translated title of the contribution: Inheritance of traits outside the primary DNA sequence

Clemens Bönisch, Peter Huypens, Johannes Beckers

Helmholtz Zentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health

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Abstract

Epigenetics is the mitotic or meiotic inheritance of acquired traits that are not encoded in the primary DNA sequence. On a molecular level, the epigenetic code is programmed as chemical modifications of the genomic DNA or of DNA-associated histone proteins. More recently, certain RNA species were identified as additional carriers of epigenetic information. Epigenetic programming is essential for most biological processes and links environmental factors to gene expression.

Translated title of the contribution	Inheritance of traits outside the primary DNA sequence
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	20-21
Number of pages	2
Journal	BioSpektrum
Volume	21
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-015-0527-5
State	Published - Feb 2015
Externally published	Yes

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