Ecological epigenetics

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 781, Issue , 2014, Pages 191-210

  Kilvitis, Holly J ^a   Alvarez, Mariano ^a   Foust, Christy M ^a   Schrey, Aaron W ^b   Robertson, Marta ^a   Richards, Christina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Armstrong State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Epigenetics; Phenotypic variation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHROMATIN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL EPIGENETICS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INHERITANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; METAGENOMICS; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STIMULUS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84958752150     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-7-7347-9_10     Document Type: Article

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