Epigenetics

Identical twins have the same DNA.

• True

• False

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What is the best description of the field of epigenetics?

• Studying environmental factors and their influence on gene activity

• Studying DNA and its structural effect on is function

• Studying varying genetic patterns of inheritance that do not follow Mendel's laws

• Studying genetic inheritance across multiple different species

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Select all of the options that could be the result of epigenetic changes.

• enhancing protein production

• reducing protein production

• changing protein shape

• altering amino acid order within a protein

What changes occur within the DNA as a result of epigenetic tags?

• DNA wraps tighter or loosely around histones

• DNA loses its phosphate group

• DNA fails to separate during meiosis

• DNA duplicates incorrectly during mitosis

Epigenetic changes in your DNA stay with you and will never be passed on to you offspring.

• true

• false

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What are scientists who are studying epigenetics using to help them in their research?

• Genome editing techniques

• Cancer cells

• Meiosis editing tools

• X-ray diffraction technology

Use this link to access the video for these next questions.

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f5qzdq/the-harmful-legacy-of-poor-nutrition

What was the dutch hunger winter?

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What health effect are seen in individuals born during the famine?

What are "thrifty genes"?

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How would you rank the importance of nutrition in human development?

• Very important

• Somewhat important

• Not very important

• Unimportant