Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an epigenetic manner; by means of epigenesis.
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- adverb In an
epigenetic manner - adverb With regard to
epigenesis orepigenetics
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Examples
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"Our hypothesis is that there are social events early in life that kind of epigenetically program the brain," he says.
Scientific American 2009
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"Our hypothesis is that there are social events early in life that kind of epigenetically program the brain," he says.
Scientific American 2009
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Lorenz's theory would imply that traits produced in this way are also innate, since they reflect inherited information, albeit epigenetically rather than genetically inherited.
The Distinction Between Innate and Acquired Characteristics Griffiths, Paul 2009
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The medical literature makes it clear that both disease, non-response to vaccines, and vaccine reactions are epigenetically driven.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Such adaptations originate in the morphology of the system, not in its genome, and are inherited epigenetically, as they develop.
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The properties of these small RNAs can explain how the primary sequence of the parental macronucleus epigenetically controls genome rearrangement in the new macronucleus and provide the first demonstration of an RNAi-mediated process that directly alters DNA sequence organization.
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In this way induced phenotypic changes, including epigenetically heritable ones, may precede and direct the selection of genetic changes.
Archive 2009-01-04 William Harryman 2008
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The author suggests that exposure to hormonally active chemicals could work epigenetically rather than by DNA mutation to cause disruptions at much lower concentrations.
Colon cancer and red meat | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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The author suggests that exposure to hormonally active chemicals could work epigenetically rather than by DNA mutation to cause disruptions at very low concentrations.
Colon cancer and red meat | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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I've always thought that humans would augment themselves with cybernetic implants before they gained the ability to genetically and epigenetically self-augment.
Video Vision Sandra K 2007
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