On: What You Eat Affects Your Genes

[andrewljohnson]

So, does that mean that that the post-transcriptive changes will not affect descendants? If so, I agree that my impression of the title is at odds with the information trying to be conveyed.

EDIT: I think you edited your comment to basically say that maybe these changes can be passed on?

[pygy_ → andrewljohnson]

Nope. The malnutrition causes gene methilation, which can be passed to children.

[dramaticus3 → andrewljohnson]

I edited my comment to add the malnurishment part but that's not the same as the premise of the article.