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DNA methylation as a mechanism of nutritional plasticity: limited support from horned beetles.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution - 1 Jan 2013
Snell-Rood Emilie C, Troth Ashley, Moczek Armin P
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic changes to DNA, potentially heritable alterations above the sequence level, such as DNA methylation, are thought to underlie many instances of adaptive phenotypic plasticity. Our understanding of the links between epigenetic variation and adaptive phenotypic plasticity in natural populations is limited. If DNA methylation underlies adaptive responses to different nutritional environments, methylation...
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