The environment experienced during early life is a crucial factor in the life of many
organisms. This early life environment has been shown to have profound effects on …

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 …

Domestication is one of the strongest examples of artificial selection and has produced
some of the most extreme within-species phenotypic variation known. In the case of the …

Anthropogenic pollution is known to negatively influence an organism's physiology,
behaviour, and fitness. Epigenetic regulation, such as DNA methylation, has been …

Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation are important mechanisms for mediating
developmental plasticity, where ontogenetic processes and their phenotypic outcomes are …

DNA methylation is implicated in modulating gene transcription in a wide array of taxa.
However, a complete understanding of the specific function of DNA methylation requires …

Species with a circannual life cycle need to match the timing of their life history events to the
environment to maximize fitness. However, our understanding of how circannual traits such …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that plays a crucial role in various regulatory
processes, including gene expression regulation, transposable element repression, and …

Evidence is mounting that non-genetic inheritance impacts evolution, however, how
conserved the underlying processes are remains unexplored. Klughammer et al …

Epigenetic mechanisms can alter gene expression without a change in the nucleotide
sequence and are increasingly recognized as important mechanisms that can generate …