Genetics: A Conceptual Approach
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Author: Benjamin A. Pierce
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 21.1, Problem 2COQ
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The important characteristics of an epigenetic trait.
Introduction:
The study of heritable changes in the gene function, without changing in the DNA sequence is called the epigenetics. Epigenetics mostly involves the change in the chromosome that affects gene expression and its activity. DNA methylation and histone modification are the examples of such mechanism that produce heritable changes in the gene function within the DNA.
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Genetics: A Conceptual Approach
Ch. 21.1 - Prob. 2COQCh. 21.1 - Prob. 21AQPCh. 21.1 - Prob. 1TPSQCh. 21.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 21.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 21.2 - Prob. 3COQCh. 21.2 - Prob. 4COQCh. 21.2 - Prob. 5COQCh. 21.2 - Prob. 6COQCh. 21.2 - Prob. 7COQ
Ch. 21.2 - Prob. 22AQPCh. 21.2 - Prob. 23AQPCh. 21.2 - Prob. 24AQPCh. 21.2 - Prob. 25AQPCh. 21.2 - Prob. 2TPSQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 3CCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 4CCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 5CCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 6CCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 8COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 9COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 10COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 11COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 12COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 13COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 14COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 15COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 16COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 17COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 18COQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 26AQPCh. 21.3 - Prob. 27AQPCh. 21.3 - Prob. 28AQPCh. 21.3 - Prob. 29AQPCh. 21.3 - Prob. 30AQPCh. 21.3 - Prob. 33CQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 34CQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 3TPSQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 4TPSQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 5TPSQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 6TPSQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 7TPSQCh. 21.4 - Prob. 19COQCh. 21.4 - Prob. 31AQPCh. 21.4 - Prob. 32AQPCh. 21.4 - Prob. 35CQCh. 21 - Prob. 1COQCh. 21 - Prob. 20AQP
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