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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]] sequence. It is possible for these changes to pass from one [[generation]] to the next.
Modifications in a [[gene]]'s activity, expression, and/or regulation that do not involve changes to the [[DNA]] sequence. It is possible for such differences to be inherited from one [[generation]] to the next.

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A definition or brief description of Epigenetics.

Modifications in a gene's activity, expression, and/or regulation that do not involve changes to the DNA sequence. It is possible for such differences to be inherited from one generation to the next.