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epimutations

epimutations is the plural of epimutation.

Meaning of epimutation

Noun

epimutation (plural epimutations)

  1. 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.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

Questions about epimutations

What is epimutations the plural of?
Epimutations is the plural of epimutation.

Words near epimutations in the dictionary

  1. epimutant
  2. epimutants
  3. epimutated
  4. epimutation
  5. epimutational
  6. epimutations
  7. epimyoepithelial
  8. epimyseal
  9. epimysia
  10. epimysial
  11. epimysiotomies

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