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Define epigenetics? |
Heritable changes to gene function caused by the environment. Changes without change in DNA base sequence |
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For increased methylation of DNA to cause cancer what must happen? |
Both tumour supressor genes of each one in a pair of homologous chromosomes must be silenced by methylation so cell cycle cannot be controlled |
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Why cant prokaryotes transcribed eukaryotic DNA? |
Contains introns. They cannot carry out splicing |