How is it that your body with all of its specialized organs developed from a single cell? Scientists are exploring how gene expression patterns and their timing regulate cell differentiation.

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression ... 7 “There's chromatin looping, which is the idea that you can have [DNA] folding in three-dimensional space.

Despite such uncertainties, this epigenetic mechanism clearly demonstrates how profoundly environment can affect gene expression and phenotype in a long-lasting way.

While each cell contains the complete genetic blueprint of an organism, chemical marks on the DNA – so-called epigenetic modifications ... important the regulation of cryptic enhancers is for ...

When gene regulation fails, or specific genes are altered through mutation, the body is more predisposed ... process of scientific interest is called epigenetic gene regulation.