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HEREDITE EPIGENETIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

If changes in the gene marks become inheritable by the organism's own offspring, the marks are then a form of epigenetic heredity - meaning inheritance over and above the genes themselves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

À côté des mécanismes génétiques classiques, on sait que des modifications dites épigénétiques, qui modulent l'expression d'un gène sans modifier sa séquence, peuvent être transmises à la descendance : on parle alors d'hérédité épigénétique.

Spanish

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