Definitions For Epigenetic

Noun

EPIGENETICS (uncountable) (genetics) The study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes. (genetics) The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in dna sequence.

Coordinate terms

epistasis

Derived terms

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Related terms

epigenetic epigenome genetic determinism

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 表觀遺傳學 (biǎoguān yíchuánxué) Dutch: epigenetica French: épigénétique, f German: Epigenetik, f Hungarian: epigenetika Irish: eipigéineolaíocht, f Italian: epigenetica, f Japanese: エピジェネティクス, sc=Jpan, tr=epijenetikusu, 後生学, sc=Jpan, tr=kōseigaku Polish: epigenetyka, f Portuguese: epigenética, f Spanish: epigenética, f Swedish: epigenetik Dutch: epigenetica French: épigénétique, f German: Epigenetik, f Hungarian: epigenetika Irish: eipigéineolaíocht, f Italian: epigenetica, f Japanese: エピジェネティクス, sc=Jpan, tr=epijenetikusu, 後生学, sc=Jpan, tr=kōseigaku Polish: epigenetyka, f Portuguese: epigenética, f Spanish: epigenética, f Swedish: epigenetik

Etymology

epigenesis, w:c. h. genetics;/"/>waddington/">genetics; coined by [[w:c. h. waddington, href="/define/c. h. waddington in 1942./">c. h. waddington]] in 1942.

Is Epigenetics a Scrabble Word?

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The word Epigenetic is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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