Epigenetics

From Citizendium
Revision as of 20:52, 12 June 2008 by imported>Chris Day
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.

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