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'''Ep`i`ge`net´ic''' - Changes to a gene's activity, expression, and/or regulation that do not involve changes to the DNA code. It is possible for these changes to pass from one generation to the next.
'''Epigenetics''' refers to changes to a [[gene]]'s activity, expression, and/or regulation that do not involve changes to the [[DNA]] code. It is possible for these changes to pass from one [[generation]] to the next.

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Epigenetics refers to changes to a gene's activity, expression, and/or regulation that do not involve changes to the DNA code. It is possible for these changes to pass from one generation to the next.