The word epigenetics is of Greek origin and literally means over, above, or beyond the genome. But to understand what being "beyond" the genome even means, we need to make a distinction between epigenetics and the forms of genetics we have previously discussed. An epigenetic change affects a gene's DNA, but not at the sequence level like genetic mutations. Instead, epigenetic mutations change how your body reads and expresses your genome.
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