Struhl Kevin
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Trends Genet. 2024 Dec;40(12):995-997. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.10.002. Epub 2024 Oct 24.
'Epigenetics' is the process by which distinct cell types or cell states are inherited through multiple cell divisions. 'Epigenomics' refers to DNA-associated physical and functional entities including histone modifications and DNA methylation, not concepts of inheritance. Conflating epigenetics and epigenomics is confusing and causes misunderstanding of a fundamental biological process.
“表观遗传学”是指不同细胞类型或细胞状态通过多次细胞分裂得以遗传的过程。“表观基因组学”指的是与DNA相关的物理和功能实体,包括组蛋白修饰和DNA甲基化,而非遗传概念。将表观遗传学和表观基因组学混为一谈会造成混淆,并导致对一个基本生物学过程的误解。