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0 pointsglofish6y ago0 comments

most certainly, I would fully agree that touch is an important ingredient to socialization and stimulation -

it is the premature claim that it changes DNA what is so annoying and misleading.

because once something changes your DNA it suggests that it is there forever (that is why it captures people's imagination)

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Not if it is the methylation of DNA, modulating the expression of that DNA...methylation is frequently modulated by experience.

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0 pointsglofish6y ago0 comments

most certainly, I would fully agree that touch is an important ingredient to socialization and stimulation -

it is the premature claim that it changes DNA what is so annoying and misleading.

because once something changes your DNA it suggests that it is there forever (that is why it captures people's imagination)

Not if it is the methylation of DNA, modulating the expression of that DNA...methylation is frequently modulated by experience.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse