Parents’ mutations, even if they’re not inherited by offspring, could affect subsequent generations through changes to epigenetic marks, a study finds. Although epigenetic changes were long thought to ...

In the early 2000s and 2010s, as researchers delved deeper into the molecular mechanisms ... between inter- and transgenerational effects. Some researchers in this field, meanwhile, say they feel ...

Chong, S., Youngson, N.A. & Whitelaw, E. Heritable germline epimutation is not the same as transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. Nat. Genet. 39, 574–575 (2007).

It would be to the nascent worm’s advantage to have some information on what temperatures the last few weeks have brought and be able to adjust its metabolism accordingly, according to Adam Klosin, a ...

In an article published in Molecular Cell ... In general, the mechanism that generates such contacts is complex and still poorly understood. In this case, scientists were able to show that a protein ...