DNA methylation refers to the addition of a methyl group to nucleotides within DNA. As with
other epigenetic endpoints, patterns of DNA methylation are susceptible to alterations due to …

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 …

The field of molecular biology is advancing fast with new powerful technologies, sequencing
methods and analysis software being developed constantly. Commonly used tools originally …

Environmental epigenetics is a rapidly growing field which studies the effects of
environmental factors such as nutrition, stress, and exposure to compounds on epigenetic …

Epigenetic mechanisms traditionally have been studied in the domains of development and
disease, but they may also play important roles in ecological and evolutionary processes. In …

Background Cytosine DNA methylation is a heritable epigenetic mark present in most
eukaryotic groups. While the patterns and functions of DNA methylation have been …

Methylation of cytosines is a prototypic epigenetic modification of the DNA. It has been
implicated in various regulatory mechanisms across the animal kingdom and particularly in …

There is increasing interest in understanding the potential for epigenetic factors to contribute
to phenotypic diversity in evolutionary biology. One well studied epigenetic mechanism is …

There is a significant amount of variation in DNA methylation characteristics across
organisms. Likewise, the biological role of DNA methylation varies across taxonomic …

Organisms often respond to environmental changes by producing alternative phenotypes.
Epigenetic processes such as DNA methylation may contribute to environmentally induced …