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The Unseen Genome: Beyond DNA

DNA was once considered the sole repository of heritable information. But biologists are starting to decipher a separate, much more malleable layer of information encoded within the chromosomes. Genetics, make way for epigenetics

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W. Wayt Gibbs is a contributing editor for Scientific American based in Seattle. He also works as a scientific editor at Intellectual Ventures.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 289 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “The Unseen Genome: Beyond DNA” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 289 No. 6 ()