Scared to share this after 10 freaking years of waiting, but here we go: We found that temperature *perception* can change the biology of the next generations, even when “it’s just in the parents' head”. Read how C. elegans neurons control epigenetic inheritance!
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.02.626416v1
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.02.626416v1
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מאוד מעניין
pretty amazing
Abie: So if I closed the window, would that make it any warmer outside?
If you’d asked me yesterday if it’s the physical insult of temperature or the neuronal perception that would be the key, I’d have said obviously it’s the physical insult. Wrong! Fantastic!
Can't help but think of connections between climate change and (mental) health now.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.02.626368v1
is it better to study it as epigenetic inheritance because you can grow organisms in the lab instead of studying within one organism?