Sunday, 1 May 2016

genetics - How are epigenetic marks transmitted during cell division?


As far as I know, this is one of the biggest questions in the epigenetic field: how are the epigenetic marks like histone modifications propagated through cell division? A lot is already known about DNA methylation (e.g. as in How does “inheritance of methylation” of DNA and/or histones work?), but very little about histone modifications. What is the current state of knowledge?




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