I know that identical twins gradually start to deviate in epigenetic structure from birth – a fascinating subject, I highly recommend it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » In Quest For ‘Hard News,’ CNN Investigates: ‘Homosexuality, Is It A Problem In Need Of A Cure?’] Reference

DNA methylation is a so-called epigenetic change in the genome.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Such alterations of the genetic material are called epigenetic mutations.    From Wordnik.com.  [R&D Mag - News] Reference

Attached to the DNA can be markings, termed epigenetic, which include chemical modifications.    From Wordnik.com.  [News-Letter] Reference

These so-called epigenetic changes affected the function of pancreatic cells that make insulin.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference

Collectively, the processes that we believe have been neglected in evolutionary studies are known as epigenetic mechanisms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-01-04] Reference

These modifications are known as epigenetic, rather than genetic, changes since they don't alter DNA's sequence, just its structural properties.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

"The mechanisms that control this gene packaging are called epigenetic as they represent a level of regulation that is above or 'epi' to genetics.".    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Professor Keith Godfrey University of Southampton Studies in animals have shown that changes in diet can alter the function of genes - known as epigenetic change.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News - Home] Reference

Changes in chromosome structure, as opposed to changes in the genes themselves, that can be passed on from one generation to the next are called epigenetic changes.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

\r\nEqually amazing is that these changes in your genes can be passed down to future generations, a phenomenon known as epigenetic inheritance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Dean Ornish: Top 10 Medical Events Of The Decade] Reference

In other words, rather than natural selection being the primary “creative force” in evolution, it may be some kind of poorly understood "epigenetic" process.    From Wordnik.com.  [About 'What Darwin Got Wrong'] Reference

Growth of new brain cells requires 'epigenetic' switch.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

These DNA modifications are called epigenetic factors ".    From Wordnik.com.  [RealClimate] Reference

These DNA modifications are called epigenetic factors. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Making matters even worse are chemical modifications known as "epigenetic" marks.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

Such changes are known as "epigenetic" effects and can be passed from one generation to another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

Tet1 performs its function by regulating a modification on DNA, one kind of epigenetic modification.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

These are called "epigenetic" effects, and more and more studies are coming forward with this kind of evidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

Genome medicine illustrates two different "epigenetic" mechanisms controlling gene activity in autism that lie beyond genetic mutations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

Dr. Hu's research illustrates two different "epigenetic" mechanisms controlling gene activity in autism that lie beyond genetic mutations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

"epigenetic", chemical additions to the genome called acetylations.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

"epigenetic" cues that specify when and where in the body genes are made active.    From Wordnik.com.  [innovations-report] Reference

"An epigenetic synaptic defect," Jean said quietly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Researchers have already linked some human cancers with epigenetic changes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whew! Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny] Reference

Epi - means above; so epigenetic means control of DNA from above or outside the gene.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Epigenetic Science Award Presented in Groundbreaking Ceremony] Reference

Lead a concerted effort to improve our understanding of epigenetic influences on health.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences~ Strategic Plan] Reference

Ehrlich believes epigenetic researchers are better off trying to predict and diagnose cancer and other diseases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whew! Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny] Reference

Researchers will also be looking for "novel biomarkers and epigenetic changes in the mother during pregnancy," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Kirby: NIH Autism Study to Leave No Stone Unturned] Reference

"Rather than being a fraud," says Vargas, "Kammerer could be the true discoverer of non-Mendelian, epigenetic inheritance.".    From Wordnik.com.  [What Alters Our Genes] Reference

Emergent evolutionism has, indeed, an affinity for organismic and epigenetic ideas, which have some - times been combined with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [EVOLUTIONISM] Reference

Increasingly, researchers are finding that diet, exposure to toxins, and vitamin supplementation can alter epigenetic instructions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Gavigan: How to Green Your Genes] Reference

But a gene with defective epigenetic code might very well be reprogrammed to reestablish a healthy pattern and continue to function.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Gavigan: How to Green Your Genes] Reference

It is therefore also destructive to both the human genome and the epigenetic chemical switches which control expression of the genes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gerneration X'd out: An end to the human race as we know it?] Reference

SMI notes that, “New research shows that consciousness (beliefs, feelings, prayer, energy, thought) may have epigenetic effects.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Epigenetic Science Award Presented in Groundbreaking Ceremony] Reference

A different class of epigenetic drug has emerged from work at Harvard, Columbia and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond the Book of Life] Reference

The good news in this grand picture of biological risk is that unlike genetic mutations, epigenetic changes are potentially reversible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Gavigan: How to Green Your Genes] Reference