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What is epigenetics?
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Part of genetics: Studies the inheritance of genetic traits apart from the dna sequence. Most familiar are the changes caused by the various ways in which some of the cytosine bases are methylated. It is a growing subject and a fascinating one.
Answered 3/3/2013
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