Epigenetics

Hank & his clone Circus Hank explain the power of epigenetics, which studies the factors that determine how much or whether some genes are expressed in your body.

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Credits:
Produced by Hank Green
Chief Editor: Blake de Pastino
Cinematography: Nick Jenkins
Video Editor: Matt Ferguson
Graphics: Amber Bushnell
Written by Jesslyn Shields

TAGS: epigenetics, scishow, hank green, dna, genomes, cloning, clone, heredity, epigenome, methyl groups

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• epigenetics
• scishow
• hank green DNA
• genome
• twins
• clone
• heredity
• epigenome
• histone
• methyl groups norrbotten
• sweden
• environment

[ANormalGuy]

My ancestors must've masturbated a lot them.

Explains a lot.

[TheGuavaLounge]

Don't you fuck with my Sonic tatertots.



[ThomasKrypton]

@ANormalGuy

Well no duh, they were MONKEYS... that explains EVERYTHING, esp. why people fling so much crap at each other and work for peanuts.

[LeaderofPenguins]

So that is why I have strange cravings for mountain dew all the time. Thank you grandma

Anyway on topic, my ethics teacher told us a story involving this. There was this boy about 12 who was breaking into people's houses, taking their meds and selling them to high schoolers. He had 2 good parents. Come to find out the dad was not his real father and that his real father and uncle were hard criminals, just like he was yet he had NEVER seen his real father at all when he was a child.

[relo999]

@KillJoyLovesMuse

No, but the kid is more likely to get one eventually.

[nkelly1432]

This just reinforces my Determinist outlook on life. At least I didn't inherit fat genes or religious thinking genes.

[Nehimsupacac]

@KillJoyLovesMuse no, but if someone gets a tattoo on their arm there's a slight chance their kid will eventually get a tattoo en their own arm

[LinguaLatinaVivit]

I like what you said at the end there. People who are hungry or poor are "less intelligent" than those who aren't because they aren't getting enough nutrients for their brains to work at their full potentials. A lot of people don't realize that.

[KillJoyLovesMuse]

So if someone gets a tattoo on their arm there's a slight chance their kid will be born with that tattoo? 0_0

[TheTimperor]

Wait, so Lamark was kinda sorta right?