Poverty markers

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“The researchers were looking for a chemical marker called a methyl group that is added to the DNA in certain places through a process known as methylation. That turns genes up or down, meaning they become more or less activated, a phenomenon known as epigenetics.”

From Poverty leaves its mark on DNA, researchers find (Abstract of study here)

 

 

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