DNA methylation plays an important role in gene regulation in animals. However, the
evolution and function of DNA methylation has only recently emerged as the subject of …

Highlights•DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark affecting gene
function.•Different insect species show great variation in levels of DNA methylation.•DNA …

It has been experimentally shown that DNA methylation is involved in the regulation of gene
expression and the silencing of transposable element activity in eukaryotes. The variable …

Epigenetic inheritance plays a fundamentally important role in mediating gene regulation
and phenotypic plasticity. DNA methylation, in particular, has been the focus of many recent …

DNA methylation contributes to gene and transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes, and
therefore has been hypothesized to facilitate the evolution of plastic traits such as sociality in …

Cytosine methylation is an ancient epigenetic modification yet its function and extent within
genomes is highly variable across eukaryotes. In mammals, methylation controls …

Epigenetic information is an important mediator of the relationship between genotype and
phenotype in eukaryotic organisms. One of the most important and widely conserved forms …

Simple Summary Phenotypic plasticity, the genome producing multiple phenotypes, is
central to an animal's ability to respond to environmental change, expected or otherwise. A …

The emerging field of epigenomics has the potential to bridge the gap between static
genomic sequences and complex phenotypes that arise from multigenic, nonlinear and …

In eusocial insects, genetically identical individuals can exhibit striking differences in
behavior and longevity. The molecular basis of such phenotypic plasticity is of great interest …