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closeThe title could just as well be ‘genetic variation suppressed by epigenetic modifications”
Posted by ShiHuang on 31 Dec 2008 at 22:45 GMT
Mutations increase variation and diversity. If damaged DNA is not properly repaired by homologous recombination, variation and diversity would increase. Homologous recombination under normal circumstances functions to repair DNA or suppress mutations. If that could be enhanced by epigenetic modifications as your paper show, it follows that epigenetics normally functions to suppress genetic variation.
For more information on the inverse relationship between genetic diversity and epigenetic complexity, see http://precedings.nature....
Also see the effect of nucleosome code on genetic diversity
http://www.plosgenetics
RE: The title could just as well be ‘genetic variation suppressed by epigenetic modifications”
ShiHuang replied to ShiHuang on 31 Dec 2008 at 22:46 GMT
Also see the effect of nucleosome code on genetic diversity
http://www.plosgenetics.o...