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Nutritional genomics
Watch the Nova segments on "Epigenetics" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/epigenetics.html and "A Tale of Two Mice" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/epigenetic-mice.html Answer the following questions: 1. What is epigenetics? 2. What is the epigenome? 3. What tags onto genes to turn them on or off? 4. How does this relate to the risk for chronic disease? Read Randy Jirtle’s questions and answers on the role of lifestyles on health. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/jirtle-epigenetics.html Answer the following questions: 5. What might be the role of nutrition in epigenetics? 6. How important is an individual’s epigenome compared to his or her genome? Watch the Nova segments on "Epigenetics" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/epigenetics.html and "A Tale of Two Mice" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/epigenetic-mice.html Answer the following questions: 1. What is epigenetics? 2. What is the epigenome? 3. What tags onto genes to turn them on or off? 4. How does this relate to the risk for chronic disease? Read Randy Jirtle’s questions and answers on the role of lifestyles on health. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/jirtle-epigenetics.html Answer the following questions: 5. What might be the role of nutrition in epigenetics? 6. How important is an individual’s epigenome compared to his or her genome? Find and examine one additional web site, video, podcast, or lecture on the topic of Nutritional Genomics, or Epigenomics and how it relates to nutrition. 7. Post the the url and a 2-3 sentence summary of what you learned. Would you recommend it for the class? Why or why not? |