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epigenetical

epigenetical is the alternative form of epigenetic.

Meaning of epigenetic

Adjective

epigenetic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to epigenesis.
  2. Of or relating to epigenetics.
    • The old and optimistic “one gene — one character” concept has long been invalidated by phenomena such as pleiotropy and polygeny, and for a generation now we have thought of genomic activity as a system of complex epigenetic interactions — an epigenetic landscape.1977 December, Rupert Riedl, “A Systems-Analytical Approach to Macro-Evolutionary Phenomena”, in The Quarterly Review of Biology, volume 52, number 4, →JSTOR, page 352

Questions about epigenetical

What is epigenetical the alternative form of?
Epigenetical is the alternative form of epigenetic.

Words near epigenetical in the dictionary

  1. epigenesis
  2. epigenesist
  3. epigenesists
  4. epigenetic
  5. epigenetic clock
  6. epigenetical
  7. epigenetically
  8. epigeneticist
  9. epigeneticists
  10. epigeneticity
  11. epigenetics

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