NewScientist has a story with great art discussing how diet affects gene expression in mice. Mice fed different levels of nutrients gave birth to progeny with different colors of fur and differeing tendencies towards obesity and diabetes. This is only a rodent study, but the processes at work are likely to be involved in some way or another on other mammals at least.
Right now is such an exciting time in science because we are getting down to such details that expose the fundamental interconnected coherence of nature. Deconstruction has led us full circle to connections. Fascinating.
Posted by Nutrimentia at August 5, 2003 11:41 AM | TrackBack