Epigenetics for behavioral ecologists

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-324

  Ledón Rettig, Cris C ^a   Richards, Christina L ^a   Martin, Lynn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Environmental variation; Inheritance; Maternal effects; Rapid evolution; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MATERNAL EFFECT; METHYLATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876577581     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars145     Document Type: Review

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