Epigenetics in ecology and evolution: what we know and what we need to know

Mol Ecol. 2016 Apr;25(8):1631-8. doi: 10.1111/mec.13617.

Authors

Koen J F Verhoeven¹, Bridgett M vonHoldt², Victoria L Sork^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Terrestrial Ecology Department, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
² Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.
³ Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
⁴ Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.

PMID: 26994410
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13617

No abstract available

Keywords: DNA methylation; MS-AFLP; bisulfite sequencing; epigenetics; local adaptation; phenotypic plasticity; transgenerational inheritance.

Publication types

Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
DNA Methylation
Ecology*
Environment
Epigenesis, Genetic*
Genetic Variation
Phenotype