different between dna vs epimutation

English

Noun

dna (countable and uncountable, plural dnas)

1. Alternative form of DNA

Anagrams

• -and, -dan, ADN, AND, DAN, Dan, Dan., NAD, NDA, and, and-, dan, nad

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dna]

Etymology 1

From Old Czech dna (“intestinal colic”), from Proto-Slavic *d?na, which is probably related to *d?no ("bottom part of something" and probably also "innards").

Noun

dna f

1. (pathology) gout (inflammation of joints) [14th c.]

   Synonym: pakostnice

Declension

Derived terms

• dnavý

Etymology 2

Noun

dna n

1. inflection of dno:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Anagrams

• And
• dan
• Dan
• nad

References

Further reading

• dna in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• dna in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *d?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dna/

Noun

dna f

1. gout (form of inflammatory arthritis)

   Synonyms: artretyzm, podagra, skaza moczanowa

Declension

Noun

dna n

1. inflection of dno:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

• dna in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• dna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dna]

Noun

dna f (genitive singular dny, nominative plural dny, genitive plural dien, declension pattern of žena)

1. (pathology) gout (inflammation of joints)

Declension

References

• dna in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

English

Etymology

From epi- +? mutation; compare epigenetic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?mju?te???n]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

epimutation (plural epimutations)

1. (genetics) A heritable change in gene expression that does not affect the actual base pair sequence of DNA.
   • 2005, Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb, Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life,^[1] MIT Press, ?ISBN, page 248,

     The first sign of cellular abnormality in some tumors is an epimutation—a change in heritable chromatin marks, such as an increase or decrease in the density of DNA methylation.

Related terms

• epimutant
• epimutational

Translations

See also

• epigenetics
• Epigenetics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia