Category:Epigenetics
From WikiMD.com Medical Encyclopedia
Epigenetics has two closely related meanings:
- The study of the processes involved in the unfolding development of an organism. This includes phenomena such as X chromosome inactivation in mammalian females, and gene silencing within an organism.
- The study of heritable changes in gene function that occur without a change in the sequence of nuclear DNA. This includes the study of how environmental factors affecting a parent can result in changes in the way genes are expressed in the offspring.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Pages in category "Epigenetics"
The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total.
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- Epigen
- Epigenesis
- Epigenesis (biology)
- Epigenetic clock
- Epigenetic therapy
- Epigenetics of anxiety and stress–related disorders
- Epigenetics of cocaine addiction
- Epigenetics of depression
- Epigenetics of human herpesvirus latency
- Epigenetics of neurodegenerative diseases
- Epigenetics of physical exercise
- Epigenome
- Epigenomics
- Euchromatin
- Examples of in vitro transdifferentiation by initial epigenetic activation phase approach
