SILENCING TRANSPOSONS. “We can consider how epigenetics might contribute to a cumulative evolution. Since it marks regions of DNA for non-expression, compared to unmarked regions, the expression patterns in subsequent generations can be affected thus show adaptation without genetic change. Interestingly, the origin of most all of these marking epigenetic systems appears to relate directly to the silencing and persistence of virus-like parasitic code.”
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