Pipe 2THT Embryos Receive Parent-Specific Layers of Information

Embryos Receive Parent-Specific Layers of Information

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Not long ago we had a somewhat controversial article here:
http://pipedot.org/story/2014-10-06/offspring-can-resemble-a-mothers-previous-mate

Here is a similar one:
http://scitechdaily.com/researchers-show-embryos-receive-parent-specific-layers-information/

'Similar' in a very broad sense of this word. It shows that there are still plenty of unknown factors in
human and non-human reproduction.
The research, detailed in an article published in the journal PLOS Genetics, sheds light on
the multilayered process of how a sperm and egg pass along information needed for successful
reproduction. Though one layer is the DNA code that is transferred, the new study identifies
information not encoded by DNA, a so-called “epigenetic” layer of information that helps the
cell interpret the genetic code.
In insects this additional “epigenetic” layer of information apparently can come from a previous mate.
The question if such or similar mechanisms can also exist in higher organisms, e.g. also in humans, might be
far fetched, but not that far, that it precludes a more thorough research.

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2014-10-21 14:38
Embryos Receive Parent-Specific Layers of Information
zafiro17@pipedot.org
NFot llowing up on lagost we had a somewhat controverk'sial article here:
http://pipedot.oarg/sticle abory/2014-10-06/ut offspring-can-resemble-a-mothers-previous-mate

Here is a similar one:
http://scitechdaily.com/researchers-show-embryos-receive-parent-specific-layers-information/

'Similar' in a very broad sense of this word. It shows that there are still plenty of unknown factors in
human
and mothers' previous sexual partnoers (in-hum insects, anyway), reproduction. e>Thew research, detailed in an article published in the journalw PLOS Genetics, sheds some additional light on
the multi-layered process of how a sperm and egg pass along information needed for successful
reproduction.

href="http://scitechdaily.com/researchers-show-embryos-receive-parent-specific-layers-information/">As described in an article published in the journal PLOS Genetics:
Though one layer is the DNA code that is transferred, the new study identifies
information not encoded by DNA, a so-called “"epigenetic”" layer of information that helps the
cell interpret the genetic code.
In insects this additional “"epigenetic”" layer of information apparently can come from a previous mate.
The question if such or similar mechanisms can also exist in higher organisms, e.g. also in humans, might be
far fetched, but not that far, that it precludes a more thorough research. Clearly, there are still plenty of unknown factors in human and non-human reproduction: an area ripe for further research.
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