epigenetics

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表观遗传学,表观基因学,表生遗传学,遗传学

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : Genetics. the study of the process by which genetic information is translated into the substance and behavior of an organism: specifically, the study of the way in which the expression of heritable traits is modified by environmental influences or other mechanisms without a change to the DNA sequence.

Thanks to epigenetics’ “enhancing” power, CRISPRoff lets researchers go big.
A reliable CRISPR tool for epigenetics is insanely powerful.
This process, known as epigenetics, involves the addition of small chemical tags known as methyl groups to the DNA double helix.