Epigenetics

The genes that you inherit play an important role in how your entire human system works. They can control how you look, the physique of your body, and many other factors. Even though genes create a big part of who you are, a lot of the characteristics you inherit is from your environment, people around you, your profession, etc. The environmental influence on your genes is called Epigenetics.

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Epigenetics doesn't change the way in which your genes are created, which you inherit down from generations, but it does change how your body reads these genes, and may effect the way in which these genes work.

The main factor of Epigenetics is the influence of the Environment. Where you live and where you grew up play a big part in who you are as a person. People who live in the united states, versus people who live in India grow up in different environments, so they could act differently, speak another language or even talk in a different way. This is not part of their original genetic reading, but how these genes are interpreted differently, making the person act in a certain way. In the same way, the people the person meets, can also influence the readings of the persons genetic persona. There are many other environmental factors which can influence a person, hence changing their genetic sequence.

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Even though through epigenetics, your DNA is read in a different way than the original, the entire process is reversible. For example, if you grow up in India, you might have been used to the society already, so your genetic sequence gets adjusted to this lifestyle, but if you suddenly pick up everything and move to the united states, your genetic structure would change to get accustomed to a new environment.

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Epigenetics not only changes through environment, but they also change as you age. When you are born, your epigenetic sequence starts to change, but that sequence is not the same when you entire childhood. This also changes again when you enter adulthood.

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Overall, Epigenetics is a stream in which a lot of scientists started to work under to try and study genetic patterns, and its connection to epigenetics. Even after finding out a lot about epigenetics, there is a lot more which needs to be discovered, which would surely be a big part of how we view and see the future.