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epimutation

noun
/ɛpɪmjuˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From epi- + mutation; compare epigenetic.

  1. derived from mutacion
  2. derived from mūtātiō
  3. inherited from mutacioun
  4. prefixed as epimutation — “epi + mutation”

Definitions

  1. A heritable change in gene expression that does not affect the actual base pair sequence…

    A heritable change in gene expression that does not affect the actual base pair sequence of DNA.

    • The first sign of cellular abnormality in some tumors is an epimutation—a change in heritable chromatin marks, such as an increase or decrease in the density of DNA methylation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for epimutation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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