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colechristensen on June 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Parents’ trauma leaves biological traces in childr...

DNA methylation is one mechanism.

https://www.nature.com/articles/npp2012112

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_methylation

FollowingTheDao on June 20, 2022 | [–]

As is histone modification:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2019.0019...

And both can be modified by changes in the environment and diet.

m348e912 on June 20, 2022 | [–]

Cool thanks for the links

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