Epigenetic Variations in Heredity and Evolution

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 17 Oct 2012Publisher:WileyJournal:Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, volume 92, pages 683-688 (issn: 0009-9236, eissn: 1532-6535,

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Authors: E, Jablonka;

doi: 10.1038/clpt.2012.158

pmid: 23073209

Epigenetic Variations in Heredity and Evolution

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Abstract

The biological and medical importance of epigenetics is nowtaken for granted, but the significance of one aspect of it—epigenetic inheritance—is less widely recognized. New datasuggest that not only is it ubiquitous, but both the generationand the transmission of epigenetic variations may be affectedby developmental conditions. Population studies, formalmodels, and research on genomic and ecological stressesall suggest that epigenetic inheritance is important in bothmicro-and macroevolutionary change.

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Tel Aviv University
Israel

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Epigenomics, Heredity, Population, Animals, Humans, Gene-Environment Interaction, Biological Evolution, Epigenesis, Genetic

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