Meanings
adjectiveparamutable (not comparable)
- not comparableAble to undergo paramutation
An interesting genetic phenomenon is paramutation, where a methylated epiallele can silence a paramutable allele in heterozygous progeny with the acquisition of methylated DNA. However in this case, methylation appears to be rather the consequence of gene silencing than the cause.
2016 January 8, “Locus- and Site-Specific DNA Methylation of 19 kDa Zein Genes in Maize”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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