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| What is Metaphysics and How Epigenetic Studies Will Change Health Care Forever? | | 2008-06-04 13:03:14 | | By Ian StoneIn OpEdNews.comMetaphysics comes from two Greek words translated as “meta” meaning “after” and “physis” meaning “nature”. The term nature in Greek has two meanings, the first “the sum total of natural things” and the second “the principle or source of natural things”. Metaphysics goes back to Aristotle, who believed a better definition of “physis” was “the essence of things which have a source of movement in them.” Metaphysics is then the scientific study of the source or essence of the sum total of nature. The Source is this original Energy or Spirituality and Nature being all things, as they are in the Physical or material world. Therefore Metaphysics is the science of reality, the source of nature, transcending the interaction between the Energy or Spirituality and Physical or Material.This understanding of Metaphysics with more discoveries to come in the more recent field of Epigenetic studies; will bring about a major break through; betw... | | By: Spiritual Village | | |
| | Inherited epigenetic variation - revisiting soft inheritance | | 2006-08-23 02:36:48 | | Perspective: Nature Reviews Genetics 7, 395-401 (May 2006) | doi:10.1038/nrg1834Opinion: Inherited epigenetic variation - revisiting soft inheritanceEric J. RichardsPhenotypic variation is traditionally parsed into components that are directed by genetic and environmental variation. The line between these two components is blurred by inherited epigenetic variation, which is potentially sensitive to environmental inputs. Chromatin and DNA methylation-based mechanisms mediate a semi-independent epigenetic inheritance system at the interface between genetic control and the environment. Should the existence of inherited epigenetic variation alter our thinking about evolutionary change?[Associated Washington University of St. Louis news release]technorati tags: nature, reviews, genetics, inherited, epigenetic, variation, inheritance, soft, phenotypic, chromatin, dna, environment, evolutionary, washington, st.+louis
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| | Epigenetic germline inheritance | | 2006-07-20 03:23:09 | | Our increased knowledge of epigenetic reprogramming supports the idea that epigenetic marks are not always completely cleared between generations. Incomplete erasure at genes associated with a measurable phenotype can result in unusual patterns of inheritance from one generation to the next. It is also becoming clear that the establishment of epigenetic marks during development can be influenced by environmental factors. In combination, these two processes could provide a mechanism for a rapid form of adaptive evolution.Current Opinion in Genetics and DevelopmentChong S, Whitelaw ESchool of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, Biochemistry Building-G08, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.technorati tags: epigenetic, genes, phenotype, inheritance, genetics, development, evolution, university, sydney, australia
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