Epigenetics in cartoon form

[B. de Corbin]

There are a whole lot of very complicated things in the world that people should know at least a little bit about. Presenting that info in the form of a short animation is a great way of diseminating such info.

Here's a short bit on epigenetics:

We live in a wonderful age where ignorance is no excuse for ignorance.

[anunitu]

Re: Epigenetics in cartoon form

THAT was VERY informative..Thanks for putting it up here.

[B. de Corbin]

Re: Epigenetics in cartoon form

Oh, and here's another fun one, by the way, on why we like rotten food:

[R. Eugene Laughlin]

Re: Epigenetics in cartoon form

Cool cartoon, and an important research track. Heritable DNA sequence variants are less important to complex behavior than was previously believed. The insight that what parents learn from their experience can influence the neural development of their offspring is pretty remarkable. It makes so much sense though. Adaptation to environmental conditions as a function of distributing DNA sequence variants in a population is a long and slow multi-generational affair, way too slow to keep up with the real pace of changes in local environments. Nature. Remarkable.