‘Epi-‘ is sort of a universal preposition in Greek, meaning ‘near’ or ‘next to’ or ‘around’ and the like. For a long time the field of epigenetics has been like that; it was a term that implies “we think it’s something to do with the genes, but not the genes, but it’s gotta be around there somewhere.”
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I'm not holding my breath waiting for that mammoth clone.
I'm waiting for my brothers of Neanderthal and Denisovan...heritage.
Eric Hines
Linked and commented on. Thanks for finding it.
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