epigenetic

epigenetic (Greek epigenesis "subsequent creation") stands for:

• Epigenetics , a field of biology that deals with the inheritance of traits that are not determined by genes
• Epigenesis , the formation of new structures in the development of a living being (in contradiction to the earlier doctrine of preformation )
• Epigenesis (geology) , in geomorphology the subsequent emergence of structures in an older environment

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Wiktionary: epigenetic  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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