While epigenetic alterations can be natural and possibly reversible, divergent epigenetic alterations play a vital role in the pathogenesis and development of specific types of
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Epigenetic modifications are chemical changes that affect how genes are expressed without altering the genetic sequence. While epigenetic modifications occur naturally in several vital processes
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