Potential role of DNA methylation as a driver of plastic responses to the environment across cells, organisms, and populations

SN Bogan, SV Yi - Genome biology and evolution, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
There is great interest in exploring epigenetic modifications as drivers of adaptive
organismal responses to environmental change. Extending this hypothesis to populations …

Comparative analysis of genome-scale, base-resolution DNA methylation profiles across 580 animal species

J Klughammer, D Romanovskaia, A Nemc… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Methylation of cytosines is a prototypic epigenetic modification of the DNA. It has been
implicated in various regulatory mechanisms across the animal kingdom and particularly in …

Effects of developmental hypoxia on the vertebrate cardiovascular system

GLJ Galli, MC Lock, KLM Smith, DA Giussani… - …, 2023‏ - journals.physiology.org
Developmental hypoxia has profound and persistent effects on the vertebrate cardiovascular
system, but the nature, magnitude, and long-term outcome of the hypoxic consequences are …

Age prediction of green turtles with an epigenetic clock

B Mayne, W Mustin, V Baboolal… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Age is a fundamental life history attribute that is used to understand the dynamics of wild
animal populations. Unfortunately, most animals do not have a practical or nonlethal method …

Associations between DNA methylation and gene regulation depend on chromatin accessibility during transgenerational plasticity

SN Bogan, ME Strader, GE Hofmann - BMC biology, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Epigenetic processes are proposed to be a mechanism regulating gene
expression during phenotypic plasticity. However, environmentally induced changes in DNA …

A neural network-based model framework for cell-fate decisions and development

M Paczkó, D Vörös, P Szabó, G Jékely… - Communications …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) fulfill the essential function of maintaining the stability of
cellular differentiation states by sustaining lineage-specific gene expression, while driving …

Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change

MC Lock, DM Ripley, KLM Smith… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - journals.biologists.com
Animals at early life stages are generally more sensitive to environmental stress than adults.
This is especially true of oviparous vertebrates that develop in variable environments with …

The integrative biology of the heart: mechanisms enabling cardiac plasticity

W Joyce, HA Shiels… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024‏ - journals.biologists.com
Cardiac phenotypic plasticity, the remodelling of heart structure and function, is a response
to any sustained (or repeated) stimulus or stressor that results in a change in heart …

Developmental programming of sarcoplasmic reticulum function improves cardiac anoxia tolerance in turtles

IM Ruhr, HA Shiels, DA Crossley… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - journals.biologists.com
Oxygen deprivation during embryonic development can permanently remodel the vertebrate
heart, often causing cardiovascular abnormalities in adulthood. While this phenomenon is …

Exploring cytochrome P450 under hypoxia: potential pharmacological significance in drug metabolism and protection against high-altitude diseases

Q Wang, G Liu, Y Duan, D Duo, J Zhu, X Li - Drug Metabolism and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstracts High-altitude hypoxia affects the human respiratory, central nervous,
cardiovascular, and endocrine systems. These outcomes affect the expression of …