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Inherited vs Extragenomic - What's the difference?

inherited | extragenomic |

As adjectives the difference between inherited and extragenomic

is that inherited is obtained via an inheritance while extragenomic is describing any inherited genetic information that is not part of an organism's genome.

As a verb inherited

is past tense of inherit.

inherited

English

Verb

(head)
  • (inherit)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Obtained via an inheritance
  • Diseases and disorders which are hereditary.

    • extragenomic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * extra-genomic

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (genetics) Describing any inherited genetic information that is not part of an organism's genome