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epigenome
ep·i·ge·nome E5181450 (ĕp′ĭ-jē′nōm)n. The set of heritable chemical changes to an organism's genome, such as DNA methylation or histone modification, that modify gene expression but do not change the DNA sequence itself.
ep′i·ge·no′mic (-jə-nō′mĭk) adj.EncyclopediaSeeepigeneticsepigenome
epigenome (e-pij'ĕ-nōm), Nuclear DNA that is not transcribed to mRNA, making up 90% of the human genome. [epi- + genome] epigenome (ĕp′ĭ-jē′nōm)n. The set of heritable chemical changes to an organism's genome, such as DNA methylation or histone modification, that modify gene expression but do not change the DNA sequence itself.
ep′i·ge·no′mic (-jə-nō′mĭk) adj. |