Human pheromones: RNA-mediated theory killers
A Fear of Pheromones Excerpt: WHAT are we going to do if it turns out that we have pheromones? What on earth would we be […]
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One test of bioenergetic health?
Success of new-generation metabolo-therapies in personalized medicine depends on measuring bioenergetic health Excerpt: “In one test, a comprehensive measure of energetic health, or its disease-related […]
Thermodynamic constraints and ecological adaptations sans evolution
Relationship between protein thermodynamic constraints and variation of evolutionary rates among sites Excerpt: “…a two-variable model that combines stability and stress signi ficantly improves predictions. Therefore, […]
Biologically-based EES cause vs the pseudoscientific nonsense of SET
The EES expands what is recognized as causally relevant in the process of evolution (link opens pdf) www.nature.com/polopoly_fs/7.20356.1412604225!/suppinfoFile/514164a_s1.pdf Excerpt: “organisms inherit a wide variety of […]
RNA-mediated cell type differentiation and behavior
Neuroscience Meeting Planner Now Available The Preliminary Program and Neuroscience Meeting Planner for Neuroscience 2014 are available. At the 2012 Meeting I learned that the […]
RNA-mediated events found everywhere
Transcriptome-wide Mapping Reveals Widespread Dynamic-Regulated Pseudouridylation of ncRNA and mRNA Related articles Related blog posts on this site Reported as Scientists discover RNA modifications in […]
A microRNA-mediated mechanism that is epigenetically inherited
Pregnancy Stress Spans Generations The stressors a female rat experiences during pregnancy can have repercussions for her granddaughters, a study shows. By Anna Azvolinsky | August 7, 2014 […]
Epigenetic Transgenerational Actions
Michael Skinner (video) 2014 Forum: Epigenetic Transgenerational Actions of Endocrine Disruptors on Reproduction and Disease The conserved molecular mechanisms of exposure-induced disease. A data-driven presentation […]
Vitamin A causes mutations (or not)
Vitamin A’s Influence on Immunity Exposure to vitamin A in the womb influences immune system development and lifelong ability to fight infections, a mouse study […]
Epigenesis vs mutagenesis: Who’s a mutant?
Epigenesis: What People Don’t Understand about Epigenetics Epigenetics is about how DNA determines development, not the contrary. Published on February 8, 2014 by Christopher Badcock, Ph.D. in The […]