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Epimutation

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epitypenoun(taxonomy) An additional, clarifying type (specimen or illustration) of a species or lower-order taxon, provided when the holotype and paratypes from the original classification are demonstrably ambiguous or insufficient.
epimutantnounAny organism formed by epimutation
epigeneticsnoun(genetics) The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.
epigenotypenoun(genetics) The stable pattern of gene expression that is outside the actual base pair sequence of DNA.
hypomutationnoun(biology) A reduced rate of mutation
epimutagenesisnounThe creation of epimutations
epiallelenoun(genetics) A specific DNA methylation pattern of a genetic locus.
epivariantnoun(genetics) An epigenetic variant
epiphenotypenoun(genetics) An epigenetic phenotype
infraexpressionnoun(genetics) The abnormal expression of a gene in decreased quantity
modificationnounThe result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
epistaticsnounMisspelling of epistasis. [(genetics) The modification of the expression of a gene by another unrelated one.]
neomorphnoun(genetics) A gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
endophenotypenoun(genetics) any hereditary characteristic that is normally associated with some condition but is not a direct symptom of that condition
hypomutatornoun(genetics) Any agent that causes hypomutation
hypomorphnoun(genetics) a mutation that causes a partial loss of gene function.
variationnounThe act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
hypomorphismnoun(genetics) A hypomorphic mutation
ecadnoun(ecology) An organism whose form has been affected by its environment.
hypomodificationnoun(genetics) An abnormally small modification.

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