There is increasing evidence, particularly from plants, that epigenetic mechanisms can
contribute to environmental adaptation and evolution. The present article provides an …

Laboratory experiments and fieldwork with asexually reproducing invertebrates and
vertebrates clearly revealed that animal populations can produce substantial phenotypic …

Since the mid-twentieth century, numerous vertebrates and invertebrates have been used as
model organisms and become indispensable tools for exploring a broad range of biological …

DNA methylation, histone modifications, and non-coding RNAs are ubiquitous in the animal
kingdom. Histone modifications are apparently similar in all higher animal taxa but DNA …

In the last 15 years, considerable attempts have been undertaken to develop the obligately
parthenogenetic marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis as a new model in biology. Its …

Animals can produce different phenotypes from the same genome during development,
environmental adaptation and evolution, which is mediated by epigenetic mechanisms …

Phenotypic plasticity sensu lato, the generation of different phenotypes from the same
genome, is caused by developmental programmes, developmental stochasticity and …

The biological changes caused by autotriploidy are poorly studied in animals. To investigate
this issue in depth, we compared genetics, morphology, life history, ecology and behaviour …

Recent investigations with non‐model species and whole‐genome approaches have
challenged several paradigms in animal epigenetics. They revealed that epigenetic …

This chapter summarizes research on epigenetics in crustaceans and outlines possible
applications in crustacean aquaculture. Information on epigenetic mechanisms and their …