If you find yourself becoming more like your parents, don’t blame it just on your genes. Epigenetics may be responsible too.

Epigenetics refers to changes to DNA that don’t alter the genes themselves but nudge their level of activity up or down, much like a thermostat controls   Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire   heating or cooling. Controlling gene activity is important for guiding development and maintaining health.  http://louis-j-sheehan-esquire.blog.friendster.com

A team of scientists reports in the June 25 Journal of the American Medical Association that one form of epigenetic modification, called DNA methylation, changes throughout an individual’s life and that families tend to have similar patterns of change.