To: GodGunsGuts
Yes I am sure, because if it was a genetic change “a change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism” it would be a genetic change not an epigenetic change. An epigenetic change is a change in the methylation pattern of the DNA, not a change in sequence. A change in sequence is a genetic change not an epigenetic change.
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08/21/2008 10:08:31 AM PDT by
allmendream
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To: allmendream
==Yes I am sure...a change in sequence is a genetic change not an epigenetic change.
“Other known epigenetic mechanisms include histone deacetylation and chromatin remodeling, RNA inhibition, RNA modification, and DNA rearrangement.”
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15689067
It would appear that the box you keep trying to put around epigenetics is far too small.
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