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epi·ge·net·ic
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epigeneticadjective
Of, or relating to epigenesis.
epigeneticadjective
Of, or relating to epigenetics.
Webster Dictionary
Epigeneticadjective
of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis
Entomology
Epigenetic
the period after the union of the male and female elements, during which organs are forming.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of epigenetic in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of epigenetic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of epigenetic in a Sentence
Our finding is that epigenetics appear to be a mechanism to regulate whether someone can develop the food allergy, gene codes are relatively stable, but the epigenetic part is dynamic.
In a healthy adult, the epigenetic clock is right on target, for those who've gone through adversity, the clock would guess that they are much older than they are.
The new puppies and kittens will be the same sex as the donor, but just as it is in nature, may have slight phenotypic differences, such as different markings due to natural epigenetic factors. this has been demonstrated across many species. The current age of the donor pet does not have any impact on the ageing of the new cloned pet.
This new field of inherited paternal epigenetics needs to be organized into clinically applicable recommendations and lifestyle alternations, and to really understand the epigenetic influences of a child, we need to study the interplay between maternal and paternal effects, as opposed to considering each in isolation.
The gene changes in the children could only be attributed to Holocaust exposure in the parents, to our knowledge, this provides the first demonstration of transmission of pre-conception stress effects resulting in epigenetic changes in both the exposed parents and their offspring in humans.
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