Chapter 1 Nature versus Nurture

This lecture module introduces epigenetics. It provides background on DNA packaging within cells, and a review of how epigenetics fits within the “Central Dogma” of molecular biology - the process of turning DNA into RNA into protein.

Learning Objectives

1. Answer “what is epigenetics?”
2. Learn about why we think about epigenetics as “Nature versus Nurture”

View the video here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pmv1rgxhAuj28vNpuGYIFU6Wqj9swhoO/view?usp=sharing.

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