Epigenetic inheritance and reproductive mode in plants and animals

D Anastasiadi, CJ Venney, L Bernatchez… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
Epigenetic inheritance is another piece of the puzzle of nongenetic inheritance, although the
prevalence, sources, persistence, and phenotypic consequences of heritable epigenetic …

Epigenetic variation: origin and transgenerational inheritance

C Becker, D Weigel - Current opinion in plant biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent studies have revealed that epigenetic variation in plant populations exceeds genetic
diversity and that it is influenced by the environment. Nevertheless, epigenetic differences …

Epigenetics in comparative biology: why we should pay attention

WW Burggren, D Crews - Integrative and comparative biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The past decade has seen an explosion of articles in scientific journals involving non-
genetic influences on phenotype through modulation of gene function without changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary consequences of epigenetic inheritance

MI Lind, F Spagopoulou - Heredity, 2018 - nature.com
In recent years, the belief that the genetic code is the sole basis for biological inheritance
has been challenged by the discovery of trans-generational epigenetic inheritance …

Ecological plant epigenetics: Evidence from model and non‐model species, and the way forward

CL Richards, C Alonso, C Becker, O Bossdorf… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Growing evidence shows that epigenetic mechanisms contribute to complex traits, with
implications across many fields of biology. In plant ecology, recent studies have attempted to …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance: possible evolutionary implications

P Sarkies - Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently interest in multi-generational epigenetic phenomena have been fuelled by highly
reproducible intergenerational and transgenerational inheritance paradigms in several …

Facilitation of environmental adaptation and evolution by epigenetic phenotype variation: insights from clonal, invasive, polyploid, and domesticated animals

G Vogt - Environmental epigenetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
There is increasing evidence, particularly from plants, that epigenetic mechanisms can
contribute to environmental adaptation and evolution. The present article provides an …

Plant epigenetics: phenotypic and functional diversity beyond the DNA sequence

MT Boquete, A Muyle, C Alonso - American Journal of Botany, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic variation determines the capacity of plants to adapt to changing environments
and to colonize new habitats. Deciphering the mechanisms contributing to plant phenotypic …

Population epigenetics

EJ Richards - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2008 - Elsevier
Our knowledge of the mechanisms that specify and propagate epigenetic states of gene
expression is expanding rapidly; however, the significance of variation in epigenetic states …

Epigenetic variation, inheritance, and selection in plant populations

S Hirsch, R Baumberger… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2012 - symposium.cshlp.org
Plant populations show phenotypic diversity, which may be caused by genetic and
epigenetic variation. It has recently been shown that new epigenetic variants are generated …