Functions and mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance in animals

K Skvortsova, N Iovino, O Bogdanović - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
The idea that epigenetic determinants such as DNA methylation, histone modifications or
RNA can be passed to the next generation through meiotic products (gametes) is long …

[HTML][HTML] Endocrine disruptors acting on estrogen and androgen pathways cause reproductive disorders through multiple mechanisms: a review

S Amir, STA Shah, C Mamoulakis, AO Docea… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Increasing contamination of the environment by toxic compounds such as endocrine
disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is one of the major causes of reproductive defects in both …

[HTML][HTML] Present and future challenges for the investigation of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

M Fallet, M Blanc, M Di Criscio, P Antczak… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Epigenetic pathways are essential in different biological processes and in phenotype-
environment interactions in response to different stressors and they can induce phenotypic …

Epigenetics in teleost fish: From molecular mechanisms to physiological phenotypes

C Best, H Ikert, DJ Kostyniuk, PM Craig… - … and Physiology Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
While the field of epigenetics is increasingly recognized to contribute to the emergence of
phenotypes in mammalian research models across different developmental and …

Evolution of DNA methylome diversity in eukaryotes

A de Mendoza, R Lister, O Bogdanovic - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Cytosine DNA methylation (5mC) is a widespread base modification in eukaryotic genomes
with critical roles in transcriptional regulation. In recent years, our understanding of 5mC has …

Intergenerational transfer of DNA methylation marks in the honey bee

B Yagound, EJ Remnant… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The evolutionary significance of epigenetic inheritance is controversial. While epigenetic
marks such as DNA methylation can affect gene function and change in response to …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental epigenetics in zebrafish

V Cavalieri, G Spinelli - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2017 - Springer
It is widely accepted that the epigenome can act as the link between environmental cues,
both external and internal, to the organism and phenotype by converting the environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and epigenetic regulation of growth, reproduction, disease resistance and stress responses in aquaculture

Z Liu, T Zhou, D Gao - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Major progress has been made with genomic and genetic studies in aquaculture in the last
decade. However, research on epigenetic regulation of aquaculture traits is still at an early …

Exposure to low doses of inorganic arsenic induces transgenerational changes on behavioral and epigenetic markers in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

S Valles, J Hernández-Sánchez, VR Dipp… - Toxicology and Applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
The ability of environmental pollutants to alter the epigenome with resultant development of
behavioral alterations has received more attention in recent years. These alterations can be …

Exposure of zebrafish to elevated temperature induces sex ratio shifts and alterations in the testicular epigenome of unexposed offspring

A Valdivieso, L Ribas, A Monleón-Getino, L Orbán… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence shows that environmental changes can affect population sex ratios
through epigenetic regulation of gene expression in species where sex depends on both …