DNA methylation in invertebrates seems to play a different role as in mammals and its
evolutionary conservation among invertebrates is unclear. Only two studies describe …

The all-female marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis is a freshwater crayfish which is the
only known obligatory parthenogen among the decapod crustaceans. Marbled crayfish are …

Background The parthenogenetic marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) is a novel
species that has rapidly invaded and colonized various different habitats. Adaptation to …

In eukaryotes, cytosine methylation is a primary heritable epigenetic modification of the
genome that regulates many cellular processes. While the whole-genome methylation …

The heavily methylated vertebrate genomes are punctuated by stretches of poorly
methylated DNA sequences that usually mark gene regulatory regions. It is known that the …

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification that has been repeatedly implied in
organismal adaptation. However, many previous studies that have linked DNA methylation …

Background: Methylation of CG dinucleotides constitutes a critical system of epigenetic
memory in bony vertebrates, where it modulates gene expression and suppresses …

Background Studies of DNA methylomes in a wide range of eukaryotes have revealed both
conserved and divergent characteristics of DNA methylation among phylogenetic groups …

Background DNA methylation is one of the most important epigenetic modifications of
eukaryotic genomes and is believed to play integral roles in diverse biological processes …

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