Perceptions of epigenetics

被引：1879
作者：
Bird, Adrian [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Wellcome Trust Ctr Cell Biol, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Midlothian, Scotland
来源：
NATURE | 2007年 / 447卷 / 7143期
基金：
英国惠康基金;
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D O I：
10.1038/nature05913
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Geneticists study the gene; however, for epigeneticists, there is no obvious `epigene'. Nevertheless, during the past year, more than 2,500 articles, numerous scientific meetings and a new journal were devoted to the subject of epigenetics. It encompasses some of the most exciting contemporary biology and is portrayed by the popular press as a revolutionary new science - an antidote to the idea that we are hard-wired by our genes. So what is epigenetics?
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