epijenetik

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(Jeoloji) epigenetic
Of, or relating to epigenesis
Of, or relating to epigenetics

Every cell in the body contains the same DNA but epigenetic settings on cells in the bone and blood, for example, mean the tissues do very different jobs. The epigenetic consequences of a huge range of environmental factors are under investigation, from exposure to drugs, chemicals and hormones, to the impact of poor maternal care in infancy, and the likelihood that they are as hereditable as DNA.

(Geology) formed later than the surrounding or underlying rocks
(Biology) resulting from external rather than genetic influences. ¢ºrelating to epigenesis
1. of, relating to, or produced by the chain of developmental processes in epigenesis that lead from genotype to phenotype after the initial action of the genes2. relating to, being, or involving changes in gene function that do not involve changes in DNA sequence3. of a deposit or structure : formed after the laying down of the enclosing rock
Refers to factors affecting the development or function of an organism other than the primary sequence of the target genes See also Imprinting
Refers to factors affecting the development or function of an organism other than the primary sequence of the target genes
{s} pertaining to epigenesis (Biology, Mineralogy)
A factor that changes the phenotype without changing the genotype
Mineralization which has been deposited later than its immediate host rocks, for example a vein The ore is younger than the host rocks
Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis