Dance Your PhD 2011: The Effect of Western Style Diet Consumption on Epigenetic Patterns. Lara Park et al from the mark of my dna Watch Video
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Description: Shifts in dietary patterns towards a Western-style diet have been accompanied by increased susceptibility to many chronic diseases. It is hypothesized that this may be in part due to changing epigenetic patterns. Epigenetics determines how tightly the DNA is coiled by adding chemical compounds directly to the DNA and the bead-like histone proteins which the DNA wraps around. The tightness of DNA coiling determines which genes are expressed which can affect health and disease. Epigenetic patterns
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