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  1. Epigenetics, Health, and Disease | Genomics and Your Health | CDC

    Jan 31, 2025 · Epigenetics refers to how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. Unlike genetic changes (mutations), epigenetic changes are reversible and …

  2. Epigenetics - Wikipedia

    Epigenetics has been defined and today is generally accepted as 'the study of changes in gene function that are mitotically and/or meiotically heritable and that do not entail a change in DNA sequence.'

  3. What Is Epigenetics? - Cleveland Clinic

    Feb 16, 2024 · Epigenetics is the study of how our environment influences our genes by changing the chemicals attached to them. What we eat, our physical activity level, access to resources and more …

  4. Epigenetics | Definition, Inheritance, & Disease | Britannica

    Nov 13, 2025 · epigenetics, the study of the chemical modification of specific genes or gene-associated proteins of an organism. Epigenetic modifications can define how the information in genes is …

  5. What is epigenetics?: MedlinePlus Genetics

    Jun 11, 2021 · What is epigenetics? Epigenetics is the study of how cells control gene activity without changing the DNA sequence."Epi-"means on or above in Greek,and "epigenetic" describes factors …

  6. How Epigenetics Shapes Your Genes and Health - Biology Insights

    4 days ago · Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression that occur without altering the underlying DNA sequence. The Greek prefix “epi-” means “on top of,” describing how these …

  7. Epigenetics - National Human Genome Research Institute

    2 days ago · Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in the underlying DNA sequence of the …