epigenetics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌɛpɪd͡ʒəˈnɛtɪks/
Etymology
Blend of epigenesis + genetics; coined by British biologist and geneticist C. H. Waddington in 1942.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes.
Epigenetics deals with the regulation of genetic activity within a cell - which genes are switched on or off, and when it happens.
2010 November 6, “Sins of the Fathers”, in New Scientist: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.
2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
- (uncountable) The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.
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Deriveds
pharmacoepigenetics · metaboloepigenetics · neuroepigenetics
Relateds
genetic determinism · gene expression · epigenetic · epigenome · gene silencing
Translations (31)
cmn 表觀遺傳學 /表观遗传学 (study of processes) · pl epigenetyka (study of processes) · uk епігенетика (study of heritable changes) · id epigenetika (study of heritable changes) · de Epigenetik (study of processes) · hu epigenetika (study of heritable changes) · ru эпигенетика (study of heritable changes) · ja 後生学 (study of processes) · id epigenetika (study of processes) · fr épigénétique (study of processes) · de Epigenetik (study of heritable changes) · pl epigenetyka (study of heritable changes) · ga eipigéineolaíocht (study of processes) · fr épigénétique (study of heritable changes) · ja 後生学 (study of heritable changes) · sv epigenetik (study of processes) · it epigenetica (study of processes) · nl epigenetica (study of processes) · ru эпигенетика (study of processes) · uk епігенетика (study of processes) · hu epigenetika (study of processes) · ja エピジェネティクス (study of processes) · pt epigenética (study of heritable changes) · ja エピジェネティクス (study of heritable changes) · es epigenética (study of processes) · pt epigenética (study of processes) · sv epigenetik (study of heritable changes) · ga eipigéineolaíocht (study of heritable changes) · es epigenética (study of heritable changes) · it epigenetica (study of heritable changes) · nl epigenetica (study of heritable changes)