Are women born with all the eggs they'll ever produce?

Undertoad · 07-15-2019, 08:52 AM

(After some reading)

It won't change the DNA sequence. What might change are the how the genes express themselves through epigenetics; this is how the same sequence produces different results. It seems to take a pretty harsh condition to cause that. The studies on it are all about famine and war.

Wikipedia on Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

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07-15-2019, 08:52 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	(After some reading) It won't change the DNA sequence. What might change are the how the genes express themselves through epigenetics; this is how the same sequence produces different results. It seems to take a pretty harsh condition to cause that. The studies on it are all about famine and war. Wikipedia on Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

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