What is epigenetics? - Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna
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Here’s a conundrum: Identical twins originate from the same DNA ... so how can they turn out so different — even in traits that have a significant genetic component? Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna explains that while nature versus nurture has a lot to do with it, a deeper, related answer can be found within something called epigenetics.
Epigenetics shows us that your phenotype is not completely written in your genome. What implications could this have for evolutionary biology?
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- Educator Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Director Chris Bishop
- Animator Chris Bishop
- Narrator Addison Anderson
