In last week’s blog post, we explained the variety of molecular mechanisms that control gene expression and make up your epigenome. There is a lot scientists still don’t know about the complex machinations of your epigenome, and there’s even more they don’t know about how those changes respond to the environment and get passed down through generations. There is mounting evidence suggesting that some epigenetic changes are inherited, providing a pathway for behaviors, environments, and traumas to be passed on through generations. But how does this inheritance take place? And what could it mean for our health and the health…
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The last couple of months, we’ve talked a lot about the biopsychosocial model and how it explains some of the more complicated expressions of the brain. But biopsychosocial influences affect much more than just our brains. In fact, in the past few decades, there has been growing evidence that factors like environment and behavior can affect our bodies on a molecular level—through epigenetic markers. The term epigenetic refers to all of the molecular markers and modifications that change the way your DNA is read and interpreted. If DNA is the blueprint of life, then epigenetic markers are the labels and…
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