Approximately 5 percent of the cytosine residues are methylated in the genome of any given eukaryote. In what way is DNA methylation related to genetic regulation?

What will be an ideal response?


There is an inverse relationship between the degree of methylation of eukaryotic DNA and the degree of gene expression.

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