On Epigenetics and Evolution

Herausgeber: Guerrero-Bosagna, Carlos M

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

On 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 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 and also adaptive evolution; epigenetic evolution in plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates; and the role of epigenetics in human evolution and its societal impact.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780443190513
• ISBN-10: 0443190518
• Artikelnr.: 68169087

Inhaltsangabe

1. Epigenetics in Evolution: State-of-the-art
2. Epigenetics within the Extended versus Standard evolutionary theory
discussion
3. Epigenetics as a mechanism for adaptive evolution
4. Epigenetics as a mechanism for neutral or near neutral evolution
5. The interplay between epigenetics and cellular physiology from an
evolutionary perspective
6. Epigenetics and Genotypic Variation
7. Epigenetics and Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity
8. Epigenetics and Speciation
9. Epigenetics in Non-Genetic Inheritance
10. Epi-Evo-Devo
11. Epigenetic Variability in relation to the Geographic Distribution of
Species
12. Paleo-Epigenetics
13. Archeo-Epigenetics
14. Epigenetics and the Evolution of Pathogens
15. The Evolution of Epigenetic mechanisms in Unicellular Organisms
16. The Evolution of Epigenetic mechanisms in Plants
17. The Evolution of Epigenetic mechanisms in Invertebrates
18. The Evolution of Epigenetic mechanisms in Vertebrates
19. Epigenetics and Cognition in Evolution20. Epigenetics, Human Evolution
and Society