r/epigenetics

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

r/epigenetics

The study of changes in gene expression or cellular phenotype caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence.

Created May 7, 2009

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In biology, and specifically genetics, epigenetics is the study of changes in gene expression or cellular phenotype, caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence – hence the name epi- (Greek: επί- over, above, outer) -genetics, some of which have been shown to be heritable.

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