epigenetic

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to epigenesis. not-comparable
  2. Of or relating to epigenetics. not-comparable
    — The old and optimistic “one gene — one character” concept has long been invalidated by phenomena such as pleiotropy and polygeny, and for a generation now we have thought of genomic activity as a system of complex epigenetic interactions — an epigenetic landscape.

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Hellenic *epí
Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí)
Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der.
English epi-
English genetic
English epigenetic
From epi- + genetic.
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