Journal
THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY
Volume 81, Issue 3, Pages 232-242Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.08.001
Keywords
Epigenetic; Transgenerational; Inheritance; Epiallele; Evolution; Population
Funding
- National Research Centre for Growth and Development
- Royal Society of New Zealand
- University of Otago
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There is increasing evidence that epigenetic modifications can be passed from one generation to the next. The population-level consequence of these discoveries, however, remains largely unexplored. In this paper, we introduce and analyze some simple models of constant viability selection acting on such heritable epigenetic variation. These population-epigenetic models are analogous to those of traditional population genetics, and are a preliminary step in quantifying the effect of non-genomic transgenerational inheritance, aiming to improve our understanding of how this sort of environmental response may affect evolution. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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