Epigenetics in ecology and evolution: What we know and what we need to know

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1631-1638

  Verhoeven, Koen J F ^a   VonHoldt, Bridgett M ^b   Sork, Victoria L ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bisulfite sequencing; DNA methylation; epigenetics; local adaptation; MS AFLP; phenotypic plasticity; transgenerational inheritance

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA METHYLATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84964546147     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13617     Document Type: Article

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