"Research reveals gene regulation can be digital and stochastic (Science Daily). This article likens the genome to hardware,
and the epigenome to software.
It also likens the epigenome to a thermostat.
The digital part is the program that switches a gene on under specified conditions.
The stochastic (random) part is the probability that a switch will throw when the condition is reached; the stronger the condition, the higher the likelihood of response.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health:
and the epigenome to software.
It also likens the epigenome to a thermostat.
The digital part is the program that switches a gene on under specified conditions.
The stochastic (random) part is the probability that a switch will throw when the condition is reached; the stronger the condition, the higher the likelihood of response.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health:
Every cell in our body has the same set of genes, or genome, and can potentially become any type of cell. During development, the epigenome mediates the process that leads a cell to become a skin cell or a neuron, for instance. If the genome is like computer hardware, then the epigenome is the software that turns certain genes on and others off to give rise to a skin cell, and turns other genes on or off to set the cell on a path toward becoming a neuron." CEH
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because I have been remarkably and wondrously made
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