The best way to distinguish an epigenetic effect from other types of gene regulation would be to
A. determine that the change in gene expression is not heritable.
B. confirm that the change in gene expression is paternally inherited.
C. confirm that the change in gene expression is passed from cell to cell but does not involve a change in the DNA sequence.
D. identify the specific base-pair changes in the DNA sequence causing changes in gene expression patterns as being substitutions only.
E. determine that any change in gene expression can be reproduced via environmental stimuli.
Answer: C
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