Three in four don’t know obesity causes cancer Excerpt: As well as general ignorance about obesity and cancer, the survey showed that more than three-quarters (78 per cent) of those asked didn’t know obesity was linked specifically to ovarian cancer. I’ve repeatedly been criticized for use of terms link biologically uninformed and/or science idiots – … Virus-driven energy theft causes cancer
First evidence of how parents’ lives could change children’s DNA 17:00 04 June 2015 by Helen Thomson Excerpts: Surani’s team analysed methylation patterns in a type of fetal cell that later forms a fetus’s own sperm or eggs. We would expect these cells to have been wiped clean when the fetus’s epigenome was reset at … “First” evidence
Anti-inflammatory mechanism of dieting and fasting revealed Summary: Researchers have found that a compound produced by the body when dieting or fasting can block a part of the immune system involved in several inflammatory disorders such as type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and Alzheimer’s disease. My comment: For the obvious link from nutrition and exercise to … Nutritional epigenetics, exercise, and immune system integrity
“Mutations that become so common that they affect more than 1% of a population are called polymorphisms (for example, the human blood types A, B, AB, and O).“ The claim that human blood types are mutations should be supported with experimental evidence of biologically-based cause and effect. Ask your professor, “What evolutionary event linked the … Memory of repression and memory of behavior (2)
Diana Maria Petrosanu asked a question in an Evolutionary Psychology News discussion about Evolution’s Random Paths Lead to One Place. I’ve been very vocal in other discussions that tout ridiculous theories that have been repeatedly refuted by biological facts. My answer to her question might help others to understand the language of RNA-mediated events. That’s … Behavior: The first response is RNA-mediated not genetically-determined
Jewish Heritage Written in DNA Fully sequenced genomes of more than 100 Ashkenazi people clarify the group’s history and provide a reference for researchers and physicians trying to pinpoint disease-associated genes. By Kate Yandell | September 9, 2014 Excerpt: These results are compatible with those of prior work on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is passed … Evolutionary heritage or ecological adaptation? Racism versus reality
Pregnancy Stress Spans Generations The stressors a female rat experiences during pregnancy can have repercussions for her granddaughters, a study shows. By Anna Azvolinsky | August 7, 2014 Excerpt: “These changes could be the result of a microRNA (miRNA)-mediated mechanism, which may be epigenetically inherited across generations.” My comment: There is currently no alternative explanation for these changes. However, … A microRNA-mediated mechanism that is epigenetically inherited
immense gene networks enable epigenetic effects of nutrient chemicals and pheromones on stochastic gene expression, which lead to species-specific changes in behavior via transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.
I may be confused about proximate and ultimate cause, especially if the role of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance is not central to the extended evolutionary synthesis. Isn’t transgenerational epigenetic inheritance the problem that led Dickins and Rahman to suggest a thought experiment; one where epigenetic mechanisms introduce shifts in learning bias for certain associations as would … A thought experiment
