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Vinony

epigenomics

noun

  1. study of changes in the epigenome
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From epi- + genomics.

  1. The study of the effects of chromatin structure on the function of the included genes.

    “'Epigenomics' can be termed as the study of the effects of chromatin structure, including the higher order of chromatin folding and attachment to the nuclear matrix, packaging of DNA around nucleosomes, covalent modifications of histone tails and DNA methylation.”