The basic pattern of genomic DNA methylation is established at the time of embryo implantation through a wave of de novo methylation, but CpG islands are protected through a mechanism that ...

Study finds genetic imprints in three generations of Syrian refugees. Researchers urge caution in interpreting findings and ...

An international team led by UPV/EHU and Biobizkaia reveals the relationship between placental DNA methylation and certain ...

CD8 T cells lacking Tet1/3 preferentially differentiate into short-lived effector and effector memory cells following acute ...

DNA methylation is a fundamental epigenetic mechanism in which a methyl group is added onto a nucleotide, commonly cytosine. DNA methylation affects many biological processes, including gene ...

Figure 1 | Proposed mechanism of DNA methylation and demethylation. A) Within the genome, the majority of CpG pairs are methylated by addition of –CH 3 to cytosine. B) DNA methylation involves ...

Bacteriophages, the most abundant life form on Earth, infect bacterial cells and influence the structure of the microbial community. To fend off phage attacks, bacteria have evolved their own defense ...

A study suggests that the direct transfer of DNA methylation marks from one generation to the next is much less common than scientists previously thought. Ashley started at The Scientist in 2018.

Spirodela polyrhiza, the most ancient member of the duckweed family, uses an understudied epigenetic mechanism to mark old transposons without DNA methylation. This finding was published in a new ...