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"Engineered Living Systems With Self-Organizing NeuralNetworks: From Anatomy to Behavior and Gene Expression"
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@jpsenescence Well some process seems to reset methylation patterns to a "ground zero" state during embryogenesis; we don't know what or how, but DNAm changes are undone. I have a preprint coming out on that soon. What other "damage" makes it through to the zygote? Any besides mutations?