epimutation
See also: épimutation
English
Etymology
From epi- + mutation; compare epigenetic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛpɪmjuˈteɪʃən]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
epimutation (plural epimutations)
- (genetics) A heritable change in gene expression that does not affect the actual base pair sequence of DNA.
- 2005, Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb, Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 248:
- 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.
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- epigenetics
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