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Biology

Epigenetics: How Gene Expression Is Controlled Without Changing DNA

Quick fact

Your body contains about 37 trillion cells with the same DNA, but epigenetic switches like chemical groups on DNA and histones turn genes on or off, letting one genome produce hundreds of different cell types without any mutations.

Why this is interesting

Have you ever wondered how your brain cells and muscle cells have identical DNA yet look and act so differently?