adj.
Pronunciation: -j ə - ' ne-tik
Function: adjective
Date: 1883
1 a : of, relating to, or produced by the chain of developmental processes in epigenesis that lead from genotype to phenotype after the initial action of the genes b : relating to, being, or involving changes in gene function that do not involve changes in DNA sequence
2 of a deposit or structure : formed after the laying down of the enclosing rock
– epi · ge · net · i · cal · ly \ - ' ne-ti-k(- ə )l ē \ adverb