Histone Modifications: Epigenetic Mediators of Environmental Exposure Memory
Jan 7, 2019
1 min read
How organisms retain a memory of ancestral environmental exposure is a phenomenon that is still poorly understood. Recently published work by our group and others, regarding environmentally induced transgenerational effects, have identified an array of mechanisms, with a particular focus on histone modifications, that shed some light on the underlying epigenetic processes driving long-term generational effects.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6233965/
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It’s striking that histone modifications, rather than DNA sequence changes alone, seem to carry so much of that transgenerational memory. My grandmother’s stories about wartime hunger always made me wonder if some of that stress could echo biologically; reading about histone marks linked to environmental exposure makes that idea feel less abstract. I’d be curious whether these marks stay stable across multiple generations or fade after a few. The review’s focus on long-term generational effects really makes me rethink inheritance.
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