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Abstract
Geneticists study the gene; however, for epigeneticists, there is no obvious 'epigene'. Nevertheless, during the past year, more than 2,500 articles, numerous scientific meetings and a new journal were devoted to the subject of epigenetics. It encompasses some of the most exciting contemporary biology and is portrayed by the popular press as a revolutionary new science--an antidote to the idea that we are hard-wired by our genes. So what is epigenetics?Mesh：
Year: 2007 PMID： 17522671 DOI： 10.1038/nature05913
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN： 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962