Summary: In 2004, Frances Champagne found evidence suggesting that maternal nurture among rats leads to the irreversible chemical modification of offspring DNA. After her paper was published in Nature Neuroscience, it became one of the most-cited scientific papers of all time and has contributed to an enormous game changer in the age-old biological debate on nature vs. nurture. In this episode of WiGH?, Champagne discusses her landmark 2004 paper and shares with us some of the most recent advances in the field of behavioral epigenetics. Continue reading →
