In this horizon scan article, I review the emerging area of ecological epigenetics in marine
animals with studies of DNA methylation as the primary focus. Epigenetic mechanisms such …

Epigenetic mechanisms are an underappreciated and often ignored component of an
organism's response to environmental change and may underlie many types of phenotypic …

There is a significant amount of variation in DNA methylation characteristics across
organisms. Likewise, the biological role of DNA methylation varies across taxonomic …

It has been hypothesized that environmentally induced changes to gene body methylation
could facilitate adaptive transgenerational responses to changing environments. We …

Rapid climate change threatens the survival of animals, especially in vulnerable coastal
ecosystems. Recent studies have shown that DNA methylation is a mechanism by which …

Background DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism with important regulatory
functions in animals. While the mechanism itself is evolutionarily ancient, the distribution and …

The function of DNA methylation in species such as bivalves where the limited amount of
DNA methylation is predominantly found in gene bodies remains unclear. An emerging …

Herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles) and fish represent important sentinel and indicator
species for environmental and ecosystem health. It is widely accepted that the epigenome …

DNA methylation is a key epigenetic modification in the vertebrate genomes known to be
involved in biological processes such as regulation of gene expression, DNA structure and …

The DNA methylation landscape is dynamically patterned during development and distinct
methylation patterns distinguish healthy from diseased cells. However, whether tissue …