epigenetics

Etymology

 * coined by C. H. Waddington in 1942.

Noun

 * 1)  The study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes.
 * 2)  The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.
 * 1)  The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.
 * 1)  The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 表觀遺傳學
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: eipigéineolaíocht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: epigenética
 * Spanish:
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 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: eipigéineolaíocht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: epigenética
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: