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Eric I Campos¹, James M Stafford¹, Danny Reinberg¹

¹Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

Trends in Cell Biology

|September 23, 2014

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Epigenetic information, or cellular memory, can be passed across generations. This review explores how histone segregation during DNA replication may enable epigenetic inheritance, particularly through the paternal lineage.

Keywords:

epigenetic gamete histone inheritance polycomb replication

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Area of Science:

Cellular biology
Epigenetics
Molecular biology

Background:

Cells possess intricate circuitries for responding to environmental cues.
Cellular memory of adaptive processes can be inherited across cell divisions and generations.
Mechanisms of epigenetic information transfer are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To review recent advances in understanding epigenetic inheritance.
To focus on histone segregation at the replication fork.
To explore epigenetic memory transmission through the paternal lineage.

Main Methods:

Literature review of epigenetic inheritance mechanisms.
Focus on histone segregation dynamics during DNA replication.
Analysis of chromatin remodeling events during cell division and reprogramming.

Main Results:

Epigenetic information must survive major chromatin remodeling events.
Histone segregation at the replication fork is a key area of investigation.
Paternal lineage transmission of epigenetic memory is a specific focus.

Conclusions:

Elucidating epigenetic information transmission is a central biological challenge.
Understanding histone segregation is crucial for explaining epigenetic inheritance.
Further research is needed to fully comprehend how epigenetic memory is passed through generations, especially paternally.