Stress-induced epigenetic desilencing is a prevalent (yet puzzling) phenomenon across eukaryotes. Here I propose that it may improve specificity for silencing harmful elements. @prxlife.bsky.social
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Learning Principle for the Adaptive Shaping of Epigenetic Memory Repertoires
Fluctuation-driven feedback allows eukaryotic gene silencing to selectively suppress harmful genetic elements, with aberrant transcription reinforcing silencing locally while modulating it globally.