Article
Epigenetics and developmental plasticity across species.
Developmental psychobiology - 1 Jan 2013
Champagne Frances A
Abstract excerpt
Plasticity is a typical feature of development and can lead to divergent phenotypes. There is increasing evidence that epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, are present across species, are modifiable by the environment, and are involved in developmental plasticity. Thus, in the context of the concept of developmental homology, epigenetic mechanisms may serve to create a process homology between species...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- DNA Methylation
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Humans
- Phenotype