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Environmental Inheritance: The Epigenome Legacy

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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