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[ɛpɪmjuˈteɪʃən]
Noun
A heritable change in gene expression that does not affect the actual base pair sequence of DNA.
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The first sign of cellular abnormality in some tumors is an epimutation—a change in heritable chromatin marks, such as an increase or decrease in the density of DNA methylation.