Epigenetics in Insects—Series II
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 167
Special Issue Editors
Interests: developmental biology; epigenetics; phenotypic plasticity; developmental stability; Drosophila
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Interests: phenotypic plasticity; robustness; epigenetics; pigmentation; temperature; Drosophila
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the second edition of the Special Issue “Epigenetics in Insects”.
In the 1950s, Conrad Waddington was put on the trail of epigenetics by the observation that thoracic appendages in fruit flies could be modified by changing developmental temperature or treating embryos with ether. Since then, the topic of epigenetics has gained significant prominence, and it is therefore only natural to devote a Special Issue to it in Insects. Epigenetics has more recently been defined as the study of mitotically and/or meiotically heritable changes in gene function that cannot be explained by changes in DNA sequence (Riggs et al., 1996). Many epigenetic mechanisms have been discovered and studied in detail in the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster, in which they play crucial roles in the structural organization of chromosomes, in gene regulation during development, and in the control of transposable elements. However, epigenetics is also a very active field of research in other insect species. Indeed, phenotype plasticity in response to environmental changes is incredibly common in insects and frequently involves epigenetic mechanisms. This Special Issue will report recent discoveries illustrating the major role of epigenetics in a range of insects.
Dr. Frédérique Peronnet
Dr. Jean-Michel Gibert
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- epigenetics
- insects
- histone marks
- DNA methylation
- small RNAs
- phenotypic plasticity
