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  • 11-09-2017
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Elderly persons have the basic genes they had as newborns, but _____ can change the expression of those genes as time goes on

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  • 18-09-2017
The correct answer is methylation.
This process refers to the addition of methyl groups to the DNA molecule, when the activity of such DNA segments is slightly altered. The more we age, the less methylation there is, which is why the genes of the elderly are different from those of young people.
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