[ **up: [[Genetics]]** ] --- # Epigenome > \[…] the epigenome of an organism is the collection of chemical changes to its DNA and histone proteins that affects when, where, and how the DNA is expressed; these changes can be passed down to an organism’s offspring via transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.[^1] [^1]: ‘Epigenome’, *Wikipedia*, updated 8 August 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenome.