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Embryo Epigenetics
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Embryos Reprogram their Epigenetics

Two recent studies show that after fertilisation human embryos loose DNA methylation from most of the genome. This implies that there is an early "reprogramming" or "resetting" of the embryo's epigenetic status.

(More? Epigenetics | Nature. 2014 Jul PMID 25079558 PMID 25079557)

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