Terminology: for genomes you call allels, but on the epigenome you call ____?

Question

[Endre Bakken Stovner]

Terminology suggestions?

Original question removed, since it does not make sense. Changing it so that Kao's answer fits.

[russhh]

I like to call her mEthel

[Endre Bakken Stovner]

Letting Out Laughter (Lol). Thanks for improving this trainwreck of a thread.

Answer 1

[Damian Kao]

I've heard of the term "epiallels".

http://www.nature.com/pr/journal/v61/n5-2/full/pr2007128a.html

[Endre Bakken Stovner]

Link not working due to ")"

And that sounds like a neat term, but it is not a verb. Still, UV.

Answer 2

[Devon Ryan]

Regarding your updated question, the most commonly called things are "peaks", e.g., in ChIP-seq. I suppose you could call a methylation state too, but I generally prefer "extract methylation metrics".

Answer 3

[dariober]

"I know it is not commonly used" I'm not sure it is still the case, at least not much less the "genome". There is an Epigenomics journal (IF 5.2) and a fairly large epigenomics road map consortium.

"the genome is stable, but the epigenome is not". Well, if the epigentics landscape is not random but regulated and "functional" I think this objection is questionable.

[Endre Bakken Stovner]

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[Devon Ryan]

I don't know that I've ever heard the phrase "call a genome". One can call bases or variants, which both make sense, but calling a genome would make no sense unless it has a telephone number and some sort of ability to hear.

[Endre Bakken Stovner]

Thanks. I guess using terminology from another field isn't a good idea, especially since I do not know the terms properly.