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名詞

epigenotype (複数形 epigenotypes)

1. (genetics) The stable pattern of gene expression that is outside the actual base pair sequence of DNA

関連する語

• epigenotypic

動詞

epigenotype (三人称単数 現在形 epigenotypes, 現在分詞 epigenotyping, 過去形および過去分詞形 epigenotyped)

1. To analyse or document such genotypes

参考

• epigenetics
• epiphenotype
• epigenetics on Wikipedia.

参照

• Richard G. Ham and Marilyn J. Veomett, Mechanisms of Development,^[1] Mosby (1980), →ISBN, page 331: “The inherited potential to express a particular type of differentiation has been termed the epigenotype of the cell. The implication of the term ‘epigenotype’ is that the predisposition of each cell to differentiate in a particular direction is a heritable characteristic that has somehow been superimposed on the basic genetic program of that cell.”