Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
epigamic
epigastrium
epigeal
epigene
epigenesis
epigenetic
epigenetics
epigenome
epigenomics
epigenous
epiglottis
epigone
epigram
epigrammatic
epigrammatize
epigraph
epigraphy
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

epigenomics
ep·i·ge·nom·ics [ èppi jə nómmiks, èppi jə nṓmiks ]


noun 
Definition:
 
study of factors that control genes: the study of the biochemical networks and linkages that control the function of genes within the epigenome ( takes a singular verb )

Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft