Definition of "epigenome" [epigenome]

• The total epigenetic state of a cell (noun)
• A chemical responsible for the activation of a particular gene (noun)

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• "Think of the genome — the DNA sequence — as being like the hardware of a computer, while the epigenome is like the software that tells the computer when, where, and how to work. here"
• "But the grammar of the epigenome is changing all the time."
• "The participants focused on the concept of the 'epigenome' -"