Quantifying the Information Capacity of DNA Methylation as an Epigenetic Memory System
Ildefonso M. De la Fuente, Jose Carrasco-Pujante, Marı́a Fedetz, Leire Legarreta, Iker Malaina, Borja Camino‐Pontes, Gorka Pérez‐Yarza, Luis Martínez, Jesus Cortes, Jose Ignacio Lopez
The paper quantifies the information capacity of DNA methylation using Shannon information theory to estimate its role as an epigenetic identity code.
bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2026 · PreprintSystems Biology