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ENVIRONMENTAL EPIGENETICS
卷 7, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/eep/dvab012
关键词
review; evolution; epigenetic; transgenerational; inheritance; genetics; adaptation; phenotype; Darwin; Lamarck; molecular
资金
- John Templeton Foundation [50183, 61174]
The current theory of evolutionary biology revolves around genetic alterations and random DNA mutations, while the environment is not believed to impact the basic molecular evolution processes according to the Modern Evolution Synthesis. The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis extends the modern synthesis to consider non-genetic processes.
The current evolutionary biology theory primarily involves genetic alterations and random DNA sequence mutations to generate the phenotypic variation required for Darwinian natural selection to act. This neo-Darwinian evolution is termed the Modern Evolution Synthesis and has been the primary paradigm for nearly 100 years. Although environmental factors have a role in neo-Darwinian natural selection, Modern Evolution Synthesis does not consider environment to impact the basic molecular processes involved in evolution. An Extended Evolutionary Synthesis has recently developed that extends the modern synthesis to consider non-genetic processes. Over the past few decades, environmental epigenetics research has been demonstrated to regulate genetic processes and directly generate phenotypic variation independent of genetic sequence alterations. Therefore, the environment can on a molecular level through non-genetic (i.e. epigenetic) mechanisms directly influence phenotypic variation, genetic variation, inheritance and adaptation. This direct action of the environment to alter phenotype that is heritable is a neo-Lamarckian concept that can facilitate neo-Darwinian (i.e. Modern Synthesis) evolution. The integration of genetics, epigenetics, Darwinian theory, Lamarckian concepts, environment, and epigenetic inheritance provides a paradigm shift in evolution theory. The role of environmental-induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance in evolution is presented to describe a more unified theory of evolutionary biology.
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