On Epigenetics and Evolution

Carlos M. Guerrero-Bosagna

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780443190513
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443190520
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Genetics & Genomics
• Index: Biological Sciences

The emergence of genomic variability is a fundamental process in evolution that has been the focus of recent high-profile scientific debates, with a particular focus on epigenetic modifications shown to influence genomic variability.Epigenetics and Evolution, a new volume in the Translational Epigenetics series, introduces key themes from current epigenetic evolution research, with contributions from leading scientists around the world that investigate the role of epigenetic mechanisms in evolution from a variety of different angles, with each contribution combining theory, current research overviews, and applications. This book gives researchers, students, and clinicians a better understanding of the origin of genotypic and phenotypic variability, the role of epigenetics in development and inheritance, how epigenetics may affect speciation and geographic distribution, and the evolution of epigenetic mechanisms in different taxa, and helps them apply their learnings across new research. Other modalities and subtopics explored include epigenetics in neutral evolution; epigenetics and cellular physiology; Paleo-epigenetics; Archeo-epigenetics; epigenetics and pathogen evolution; epigenetics in unicellular organisms; epigenetic evolution in plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates; and the role of epigenetics in human evolution and its societal impact. - Introduces and examines the role of epigenetic modifications in regulating genomic variability, and thus evolutionary biology, across species - Draws together key themes across epigenetic evolution in plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates, and the role of epigenetics in human evolution - Includes bulleted chapter summaries and key points lists, terms and definitions, and rich use of illustrations where possible to reinforce understanding and actionability of the content - Features chapter contributions from international leaders in the field

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 Epigenetics in evolution: State-of-the-art and future perspectives (Introductory chapter)
• Chapter 2 The epigenetic system, evo-devo, and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
• Chapter 3 Epigenetics as a driver of adaptive evolution
• Chapter 4 Epigenetics as a mechanism for neutral and nearly neutral evolution
• Chapter 5 Generational stability of epigenetic transgenerational inheritance and role of environmental epigenetics in evolutionary biology
• Chapter 6 Epigenetics and genotypic variation: A transposable elements' perspective
• Chapter 7 A pragmatist view of heredity: Putting epigenetics in its context
• Chapter 8 Epigenetics and the evolution and feralization of domestic animals
• Chapter 9 Role of epigenetic molecular mechanisms in insect evolutionary innovations
• Chapter 10 Epigenetics in fish evolution
• Chapter 11 Evolutionary implications of epigenetic inheritance of obesity in mammals
• Chapter 12 The evolution of epigenetic mechanisms in plants
• Chapter 13 Embodied cognition meets epigenetics: At the intersection of brain development and learning
• Chapter 14 Responsive genome or environmental determinism?—How epigenetics resituates organism, environment, and society
• Index