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The dynamic interactions between cellular-molecular physiology and the environment part 2, The unicellular state as the level of selection - epigenetics /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Select epigenetic "marks" are retained from generation to generation -- Inter- and transgenerational transmission of epigenetic marks is via germline cells -- approximately 97 per cent of human genetic diseases are likely caused by epigenetic inheritance -- Epigenetics allows for redefinition of terms in descriptive biology -- Epigenetic inheritance leads to the zygote as the primary level of selection -- The cellular-molecular approach to biology is predictive.…”
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The dynamic interactions between cellular-molecular physiology and the environment part 1, The cellular-molecular approach to evolution as niche construction /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Niche construction: definitions and examples -- The endomembrane system -- Advent of cholesterol depended on oxygen -- Ecosystems and the process of death -- Internal niche construction -- The swim-bladder, the lung and PTHrP -- Niche construction and epigenetics interactions -- Gaia hypothesis.…”
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