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Epigenetics: Environment & Gene Expression

Your genes alone do not determine your health; your environment and behaviors also play a role through epigenetics. Epigenetics is the study of how environmental factors and lifestyle can alter gene expression by turning genes on and off without changing DNA sequences. Since epigenetic changes are influenced by diet, exercise, and other external factors, there is a clear link between a person's genes and their environment and behaviors.

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Epigenetics: Environment & Gene Expression

Your genes alone do not determine your health; your environment and behaviors also play a role through epigenetics. Epigenetics is the study of how environmental factors and lifestyle can alter gene expression by turning genes on and off without changing DNA sequences. Since epigenetic changes are influenced by diet, exercise, and other external factors, there is a clear link between a person's genes and their environment and behaviors.

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What is Epigenetics?

Your environment and behaviors, such as what you eat and how active you are, are just
as crucial to your health as your genes. Epigenetics is the study of how environmental
factors and behavior can alter how your genes function. While epigenetic alterations are
reversible and do not alter your DNA sequence like genetic changes do, they can alter
how your body interprets a DNA sequence.
Gene expression describes how frequently or when the instructions included in your
genes are used to make proteins. While genetic changes can alter which protein is
made, epigenetic changes affect gene expression to turn genes “on” and “off.” Since
your environment and behaviors, such as diet and exercise, can result in epigenetic
changes, it is easy to see the connection between your genes and your behaviors and
environment.

How is DNA packaged?


A eukaryotic chromosome's chromatin is made up of DNA, histones, and other proteins.
The most fundamental units of DNA packing, nucleosomes, are created when the
histones attach to the DNA and to one another.

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