02-background_lectures.Rmd

# (PART\*) Background Lectures {-}

# Nature versus Nurture

This lecture module introduces epigenetics. It provides background on DNA packaging within cells, and a review of how epigenetics fits within the "Central Dogma" of molecular biology - the process of turning DNA into RNA into protein.

**Learning Objectives**

1. Answer "what is epigenetics?"
1. Learn to think of epigenetics as "Nature versus Nurture".

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You can view and download the Google Slides [here](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f4W8dbi28Rivl9n4vl8bz9GdjwK-s3LoLMm4RyMjcGk/edit?usp=sharing).