We've linkurl:written in the past;http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/24535/ about Randy Jirtle's agouti mice, which are a neat animal model for epigenetic ...

When it comes through, however, the agouti gene gives tabbies a beautiful ... A basic brown tabby cat might be the closest thing to what our beloved pet’s ancestors might have looked like.

Specifically, a gene known as Agouti Signaling Protein (Asip) from the leopard cat interacts with domestic cat genes, leading to the charcoal appearance. This phenomenon exemplifies genomic ...

For instance, in normal, healthy mice, the agouti genes are kept in the "off" position by the epigenome, which attaches methyl groups to the corresponding regions of DNA, resulting in the DNA's ...