Abstract—Recently, epigenetics has been one of the most important advances in the biology and associated fields due to its valuable potential to explain how the primary DNA sequence of an organism is affected by the environmental conditions and which changes occur in the phenotype depending on related changes. Understanding rules of epigenetics and its fundamental mechanisms is essential to get a clear comprehension for many cellular processes such as quiescence, proliferation, differentiation, migration, etc., and it enables development of new technologies for various areas especially including biology, agriculture, medicine, biotechnology and food sciences. Hence, the present study was designated to review basic principles of epigenetics, recent advances in this field and its use potential for biotechnology and food applications.

Index Terms—Biotechnology, epigenetics, food science, gene expression regulations.

Medine Gulluce and Mehmet Karadayi are with the Biology Department, Atatürk University, Erzurum, 25240 Turkey (e-mail: gullucem@atauni.edu.tr, mkaradayi@atauni.edu.tr).
Burak Alaylar and Taha Yasin Koc are with the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Atatürk University, Erzurum, 25240 Turkey (e-mail: burakalaylar25@gmail.com, tahayasinkoc@hotmail.com).

 

Cite: Medine Gulluce, Burak Alaylar, Taha Yasin Koc, and Mehmet Karadayi, "Epigenetics: An Innovative Approach for Biotechnology and Food Science," International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 195-199, 2014.