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Nature 447, 395 (24 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447395a; Published online 23 May 2007

Introduction Epigenetics

Alex Eccleston1, Natalie DeWitt1, Chris Gunter1, Barbara Marte1 & Deepa Nath1

Epigenetics is typically defined as the study of heritable changes in gene expression that are not due to changes in DNA sequence. Diverse biological properties can be affected by epigenetic mechanisms: for example, the morphology of flowers and eye colour in fruitflies.

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