Epigenetic Twins

Epigenetic Studies of Twins and Their Impact on Precision Medicine In a biological sense, DNA is the physical blueprint for a specific organism. Genes encoded in DNA directly transcribe specific phenotypes, such as brown hair or blue eyes, which individualize the physiology and behavior of an organism from others in its species. By comparing DNA base-pairs and coding sequences among humans, it was estimated that there is only 0.5% of interchromosomal difference between every living person on the planet.3 Although this amount of differentiation may appear miniscule, when considering the grandiosity of the human genome (approximately 3 billion bp), it becomes conceivable that every aspect differentiating Danny DeVito from Hulk Hogan lies within