Coordinated regulation of endometrial gene expression is essential for successful
pregnancy establishment. A nonreceptive uterine environment may be a key contributor to …

Background Studies on vertebrate DNA methylomes have revealed a regulatory role of
tissue specific DNA methylation in relation to gene expression. However, it is not well known …

DNA methylation of transcription units (gene bodies) occurs in the genomes of many animal
and plant species. Phylogenetic persistence of gene body methylation implies biological …

DNA methylation is a key epigenetic modification in vertebrate genomes known to be
involved in the regulation of gene expression, X chromosome inactivation, genomic …

Early embryonic development is crucially important but also remarkably diverse among
animal taxa. Axis formation and cell lineage specification occur due to both spatial and …

Conservation of natural resources is a vital and challenging task. Numerous animal genetic
resources have been effectively conserved worldwide. However, the effectiveness of …

Genomes of invertebrates and vertebrates exhibit highly divergent patterns of DNA
methylation. Invertebrate genomes tend to be sparsely methylated, and DNA methylation is …

Epigenetic mechanisms are proposed as an important way in which the genome responds
to the environment. Epigenetic marks, including DNA methylation and Histone modifications …

While behavioral sex differences have repeatedly been reported across taxa, the underlying
epigenetic mechanisms in the brain are mostly lacking. Birds have previously shown to have …

Population epigenetics explores the extent of epigenetic variation and its dynamics in
natural populations encountering changing environmental conditions. In contrast to …