Research investigating epigenetics and chromatin function in brain and behaviour has mushroomed over the last two decades. And yet epigenetics as a biological concept predates the discovery in the 1950s of DNA as the principle mode of inheritance by over a decade. This review explores the past, present and future research into epigenetics as it relates to understanding brain development and function.
Keywords: DNA methylation; epigenome editing; genomic imprinting; histones; memory; single cell.
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