epigenotype

English

Etymology

From epi- +‎ genotype; compare epigenetic.

Noun

epigenotype (plural epigenotypes)

  1. The stable pattern of gene expression that is outside the actual base pair sequence of DNA.

See also

References
  • Richard G. Ham and Marilyn J. Veomett, Mechanisms of Development, Mosby (1980), →ISBN, page 331: “The inherited potential to express a particular type of differentiation has been termed the epigenotype of the cell. The implication of the term ‘epigenotype’ is that the predisposition of each cell to differentiate in a particular direction is a heritable characteristic that has somehow been superimposed on the basic genetic program of that cell.”
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