Our understanding of epigenetic processes is based on the hypothesis that individual posttranslational modifications of DNA and histones, or combinations thereof, function to direct unique downstream
Organisms often commit to one of two strategies: living fast and dying young or living slow and dying old. In fluctuating environments, however, switching between these two strategies could be advanta
DNA methylation at the 5-position of cytosine (5mC) is a crucial epigenetic mark in regulating biological processes including gene silencing, gene imprinting, and X chromosome inactivation. It has lon
