Article
Variation in the large-scale organization of gene expression levels in the hippocampus relates to stable epigenetic variability in behavior.
PloS one - 6 Oct 2008
Alter Mark D, Rubin Daniel B, Ramsey Keri, Halpern Rebecca, Stephan Dietrich A, Abbott L F, Hen Rene
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Despite sharing the same genes, identical twins demonstrate substantial variability in behavioral traits and in their risk for disease. Epigenetic factors-DNA and chromatin modifications that affect levels of gene expression without affecting the DNA sequence-are thought to be important in establishing this variability. Epigenetically-mediated differences in the levels of gene expression that are...
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