Romain Koszul - Probing the dynamics of complex microbial communities...
Channel: Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)
Date: 2018-03-27

Probing the dynamics of complex microbial communities using DNA tridimensional contacts

A fundamental question in biology is the extent to which physiological and environmentally-acquired information can be transmitted from an animal to its descendants. I will present an
example of trans-generational epigenetic inheritance where a temperature-induced change in gene expression lasts for  less than 10  generations.
I  will  also  present  an  example  of an inter-generational  effect  whereby  the physiological  state  of  an  animal  (it’s  age)  has  a  large  influence  on  the  characteristics  of  the  next generation.