Questions

Research Questions

How severe are epigenetic differences when going from one environment to another suddenly vs. over a period of acclimation?

How transient are these epigenetic differences based on the comparative timescales?

Academic Questions

Look at disease prevalence?

What environmental conditions trigger disease in C. elegans?

• Look at sucrose on risk of developing type II diabetes?

Overview

Title

Exploring the effects of acclimation on the epigenome in C. elegans.

Hypothesis

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Procedure

Have a reference epigenome to compare to.

Expose one test group to a sudden change in