Mother's diet during pregnancy alters baby's DNA

[Anonymous No.2914609]

The study, to be published in the journal Diabetes, showed that eating low levels of carbohydrate changed bits of DNA.

It is thought that a developing baby tries to predict the environment it will be born into, taking cues from its mother and adjusting its DNA.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13119545

[Anonymous No.2914622]

[Anonymous No.2914637]

I heard that in Zeitgeist: Moving Forward

[Anonymous No.2914645]

epigentics, yeah. it's not that new an idea.

the best part is that it has an effect on your children while you yourself are still developing. for women that means their children will be affected due to the environmental pressures their own mothers were subjected to while they were still foetuses. if you are pregnant with a girl then what you do has a carry-over effect right through to your grandchildren! not quite as extreme for males; it's the environment when you were going through puberty that will affect your children.

[Anonymous No.2914657]

The mother's diet doesn't change the child's DNA, you morons. What DOES happen is that the child's gene expression is altered.
See, eukaryotes have mechanisms to control whether a gene should be switched on or off (methylation, acetylation, etc.). During embryogenesis, all genes are briefly switched on and many of them just as quickly switched back off. If the mother's diet suggests slim pickings, her hormonal levels will cause the embryo to switch on genes during early development that promote a stingy, efficient metabolism that will allow the child to subsist on less food, but has the unwanted side effect of predisposing it to obesity.

[Anonymous No.2914665]

>>2914657
>all genes are briefly switched on and many of them just as quickly switched back off
Well thats very interesting. Kind of like ye olde POST process for PCs.