epigenetics
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Etymology[edit]
Blend of epigenesis + genetics; coined by C. H. Waddington in 1942.
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epigenetics (uncountable)
- (genetics) The study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes.
- 2010 November 6, “Sins of the Fathers”, in New Scientist:
- Epigenetics deals with the regulation of genetic activity within a cell - which genes are switched on or off, and when it happens.
- 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
- The nuts and bolts of how this happens revolves around the massively trendy field of “epigenetics,” revealing how early life experience causes long-lasting changes in gene expression in particular brain regions.
- (genetics) The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.
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study of processes
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study of heritable changes
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Further reading[edit]
- epigenetics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia