epigenetically
Adverb
Meaning
epigenetically (not comparable)
By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.
Examples
If the centromere is inherited epigenetically from one generation to the next, the problem is pushed back to the origin of the first metazoans.
Transcription from methylated CpG islands is strongly and heritably repressed. citation Other miRNAs are epigenetically regulated by either histone modifications or by combined DNA methylation and histone modification.
Thus, as individuals develop, morphogens activate or silence genes in an epigenetically heritable fashion, giving cells a memory.