Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
Laura Elnitski, Ph.D. defines Epigenetics
Epigenetics
Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism. The word epigenetics is of Greek origin and literally means over and above (epi) the genome.
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