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epigenetics
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epigenetics [¦ep·ə·jə¦ned·iks]
(genetics)
The study of those processes by which genetic information ultimately results in distinctive physical and behavioral characteristics.
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005) and suggest a potential role for epigenetic regulation in spatial learning and memory.
DNA methylation in spatial learning and memory by Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
72) Given this observation of significant damage to the epigenetic regulation system in the offspring, it is possible that the resulting genome destabilization may be a precursor for transgenerational carcinogenesis.
The ghost in our genes: legal and ethical implications of epigenetics by Rothstein, Mark A.; Cai, Yu; Marchant, Gary E. / Health Matrix
1996) in the 1980s and 1990s led to a greater appreciation of the underlying biochemical principles of epigenetic regulation (Fischle et al.
Epigenetics: environmental instructions for the genome by Archer, Trevor K. / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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