TY - ADVS AU - Holt,Sarah AU - Paterson,Nigel AU - Ross,Neil ED - British Broadcasting Corporation. ED - Holt Productions. ED - WGBH Video (Firm) TI - Ghost in your genes SN - 159375793X PY - 2008///] CY - [South Burlington, Vt.] PB - WGBH Boston Video KW - Epigenesis KW - Gene silencing KW - Genetic regulation KW - DNA Methylation KW - Documentary television programs KW - Nonfiction television programs KW - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - An episode of the PBS series Nova; Copyright dates on ending credits: 2006, 2007; copyright date on container: 2008; Originally broadcast by the BBC in 2006; originally broadcast by WGBH in 2007; Introduction (4 min.) -- "Genetic" software (13 min.) -- Epigenetic therapy (15 min.) -- What inheritance is (16 min.) -- Responsibility (8 min.); Camera, Gregory Andracke... [et al.] ; edited by Sarah Holt ; music, Michael Bacon; Narrator: Neil Ross N2 - While the discovery of DNA appeared to supplant much, or possibly all, of the nature vs. nurture question, this documentary highlights how life choices , stress, nutrition, may in fact impact or even change DNA processes. The filmmakers explore newer evidence that suggests DNA replication may not be as automatic as had been thought, and is shaped and affected by a second "epigenetic" chemical code that reacts with environmental changes, activating or deactivating various genes, all with potentially dramatic and even permanent results. As such, the nature vs. nurture question gains new prominence and new import, with the implication that people's choices with their own lives and the lives of their children have far-reaching consequences ER -