Epigenetic mechanisms. Epigenetics is the study, in the field of genetics, of cellular and physiological phenotypic trait variations that are caused by external or environmental factors that switch genes on and off and affect how cells read genes instead of being caused by changes in the DNA sequence.xamples of mechanisms that produce such changes are DNA methylation and histone modification, each of which alters how genes are expressed without altering the underlying DNA sequence. Gene expression can be controlled through the action of repressor proteins that attach to silencer regions of the DNA.
Boeing will freeze pensions for 68,000 nonunion employees. Share story. Boeing will freeze the traditional defined-benefit pensions of some 68,000 nonunion salaried staff â including managers and executives, all the way to the top â starting in 2016, the company said Thursday.
At the current rate in which Honeywell provides pension benefit to employees, each employee who is eligible can get as much as $53.50 per month per year of working for the company. This multiplier is actually much higher than other similarly sized companies.