The basic pattern of genomic DNA methylation is established at the time of embryo implantation through a wave of de novo methylation, but CpG islands are protected through a mechanism that ...

A study suggests that the direct transfer of DNA methylation marks from one generation to the next is much less common than scientists previously thought. Ashley started at The Scientist in 2018.

DNA methylation is a fundamental epigenetic mechanism in which a methyl group is added onto a nucleotide ... 1,2 Bisulfite conversion is the chemical reaction that occurs when scientists treat DNA ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have discovered a mechanism that drives ... extra methyl chemical tags (DNA methylation) to certain genes involved in ...