different between epigenesis vs epigenetic

English

Etymology

epi- +? -genesis

Noun

epigenesis (countable and uncountable, plural epigeneses)

1. (biology) The theory that an organism develops by differentiation from an unstructured egg rather than by simple enlarging of something preformed.
   • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 100:

     Ignored for two millennia, Aristotle, in his book On the Generation of Animals, first proposed the theory of epigenesis in biology, suggesting that development of a plant or animal from an egg or spore follows a sequence of steps in which the organism changes and the various organs form.

2. (geology) Changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation.

Related terms

• epigenetic
• epigenetically
• epigenesist
• epigenist

English

Etymology

epi- +? genetic

Adjective

epigenetic (not comparable)

1. (genetics, mineralogy) Of or relating to epigenesis.
2. (genetics) Of or relating to epigenetics.

Derived terms

• epigenetically

Related terms

• epigenome

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French épigénétique

Adjective

epigenetic m or n (feminine singular epigenetic?, masculine plural epigenetici, feminine and neuter plural epigenetice)

1. epigenetic

Declension