An ambitious EC-funded research initiative on epigenetics advancing towards systems biology

Epigenetics, explained (from the BBC)
Best video explanation we've seen of epigenetics and its implications for human health, outlined in simple, understandable terms.

A book written by Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Kings College London
Epigenetics is one of the keys to explaining the mystery of life, writes Peter Forbes, August 8th, 2012 in the Guardian [online]

Epigenetic explanation for some effects of inbreeding. Online at Science NOW; written by Carrie Arnold on 10 July 2012.
The Habsburgs learned about inbreeding the hard way. Centuries of marriages between close relatives in this Austrian-Spanish royal family led to mental illness, infertility, and the eventual extinction of the entire bloodline. For more than a hundred years, scientists have chalked up such problems to rare genetic mutations, but a new study in plants suggest epigenetic mechanisms are involved too. [online]

By James A. Shapiro. Huffington Post online July 18, 2012 [online]

By James A. Shapiro. Huffington Post online July 9, 2012 [online]

“Ten years ago publication of the human genome sequence gave the world a blueprint for a human being. But just as a list of automobile parts does not tell us how a car engine works, the complete genome sequence—a list of the DNA "letters" in all the chromosomes of the human cell—did not reveal how the genome directs our cells' day-to-day activities or allows an individual to develop from a fertilized egg into a functioning adult.”
Scientific American article by Tom Misteli, January 31, 2011 [online]

John Cloud.
Times Magazine, Jan. 06, 2010. [online]

Md. Riajul Hossain , Epigenetics.
The Daily Star, August 17, 2010 [online]

One of Wired Magazine's 25 big ideas for 2012:
Epigenetics [online]

Epigenetic clue to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
A. Coghlan, September 30, 2011.
New Scientist [online]