HOW can you be a good steward of your epigenome? At the heart of epigenetics is the realization that environmental influences can turn on and off genes. Conventional biology describes that our inheritance is set in stone at conception when the egg and sperm fuse, where genes remain unchanged and experiences are never inherited. However, epigenetics challenges this view. Describe how! Give specific examples.

How does the presence of stress and/or poor nutrition in a pregnant woman affect her child and future generations?

List two limitations of natural selection

Fan egg cell containing the (n+1) number of chromosomes combines with a sperm cell containing the (n) number of chromosomes, what is the result of this union? a) all future somatic cells of the organism will contain the (2n + 1) number of chromosomes. b) all future somatic cells of the organism will contain the (2n - 1) number of chromosomes. c) only certain somatic cells of the organism will contain the (2n + 1) number of chromosomes. d) all future somatic cells of the organism will contain the normal diploid number of chromosomes.

Identify the type of energy used in each action. the flexing of an arm muscle: a signal transduction process by a neuron: a ball at the top of a hill: 1. electrical energy 2. mechanical energy 3. gravitational potential energy