Definition of epigenetic
1a : of, relating to, or produced by the chain of developmental processes in epigenesis that lead from genotype to phenotype after the initial action of the genes
b : relating to, being, or involving changes in gene function that do not involve changes in DNA sequence
epigenetic inheritance
2 of a deposit or structure : formed after the laying down of the enclosing rock
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The first known use of epigenetic was in 1883
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