The core of the histones H2A and H2B can also be modified. Combinations of modifications are thought to constitute a code, the so-called histone code. Histone modifications act in diverse biological processes such as gene regulation, DNA repair, chromosome condensation (mitosis) and spermatogenesis (meiosis).
Bread and Circuses. Bread and circuses became the method that the ruling class of ancient Rome used to maintain their power and control of the people. This method kept their sheep fat and happy, even as they fleeced them and sent them off to plunder the free world.
Bust Sculpture of Julius Caesar. He was the first dictator of Rome and the one who befriended the Jews by helping them spread the gospel. Christians were treated as a Jewish sect; they were allowed to meet just as Jews were allowed their synagogues. The bust is on display at the Art History Museum, Vienna, Austria.