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SUMMARY:How nature might influence nurture - Professor Baulcombe\, Departm
 ent of Plant Sciences
DTSTART:20111111T180000Z
DTEND:20111111T191500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Xavier Moya
DESCRIPTION:The conventional paradigm is that the properties of an organis
 m are determined by its DNA sequence.  Organisms with identical DNA will b
 e identical and those with different DNA will grow differently or they wil
 l not respond in the same way to external stimuli. However there is also e
 vidence for another layer to heritability in which changes are not associa
 ted with alteration of DNA sequence – they are “epigenetic”  rather 
 than genetic.  I will describe epigenetics in plants and how recent progre
 ss is affecting our understanding of the biology and evolution of both pla
 nts and animals.
LOCATION:Old Combination Room (OCR)\, Wolfson College
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