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Epigenetics vs Genetics - What's the difference?

epigenetics | genetics |

As a noun epigenetics

is (genetics) the study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes.

As an adjective genetics is

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epigenetics

English

(wikipedia epigenetics)

Noun

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  • (genetics) The study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes.
  • * 2010 November 6, Sins of the Fathers'', in '' ,
    • Epigenetics deals with the regulation of genetic activity within a cell - which genes are switched on or off, and when it happens.
  • (genetics) The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.

    • Related terms

    * epigenetic * epigenome * genetic determinism

    genetics

    English

    (wikipedia genetics) (wikiversity genetics lecture)

    Noun

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  • (biology, genetics) The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.
  • (biology, genetics) The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.
  • * 2005 , Mark Linden O’Meara, The Feeling Soul: A Roadmap to Healing and Living , Soul Care Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9680459-2-3, page 45:
    • As a result of your father’s, mother’s, and their parents genetics', you are born with a genetic structure that is dealt to you at conception. Our ancestry determines our ' genetics .
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    • Synonyms

    * (genetic makeup) genes

    Derived terms

    * evolutionary genetics * optogenetics * population genetics * quantitative genetics

    See also

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