表觀遺傳學
表觀遺傳學（英文：epigenetics）係遺傳學一個領域，研究啲情況係基因表達有變化或者表現型有變化，而遺傳物質本身（DNA）冇變化嘅。[1]
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- ↑ Spector, Tim (2012). Identically Different: Why You Can Change Your Genes. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 8. "Just over ten years ago researchers found that the diets of pregnant mothers could alter the behaviour of genes in their children and that these changes could last a lifetime and then be passed on in turn to their children. The genes were literally being switched on or off by a new mechanism we call epigenetics – meaning in Greek 'around the gene'. Contrary to traditional genetic dogma, these changes could be transferred to the next generation. In this case the mothers just happened to be rats, but recent similar findings in humans have created a revolution in our thinking."
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