Environmentally selected aphid variants in clonality context display differential patterns of methylation in the genome.

Heritability of acquired phenotypic traits is an adaptive evolutionary process that appears more complex than the basic allele selection guided by environmental pressure. In insects, the trans-generational transmission of epigenetic marks in clonal and/or sexual species is poorly documented. Aphids...

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Main Authors: Claude Pasquier, Mathilde Clément, Aviv Dombrovsky, Stéphanie Penaud, Martine Da Rocha, Corinne Rancurel, Neil Ledger, Maria Capovilla, Alain Robichon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115022