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Epigenetic processes allow different cell types to emerge from a single genome. Throughout development, cells differentiate and acquire distinct characteristics by expressing the same genome in different ways.
Neurons from the brain of an adult mouse in which chromatin (in blue), the nuclear envelope (in green), and silenced
MIT neuroscientists discovered that the adult brain contains millions of “silent synapses” — immature connections between neurons that remain inactive until they’re recruited to help form new memories.