Epigenetics and insect polyphenism: mechanisms and climate change impacts.
Journal
Current opinion in insect science
ISSN: 2214-5753
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Insect Sci
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101635599
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2019
10 2019
Historique:
received:
22
04
2019
revised:
21
06
2019
accepted:
28
06
2019
pubmed:
27
9
2019
medline:
21
4
2020
entrez:
27
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Phenotypic plasticity is a ubiquitous process found in all living organisms. Polyphenism is an extreme case of phenotypic plasticity which shares a common scheme in insects such as honeybees, locusts or aphids: an initial perception of environmental stimuli, a neuroendocrine transmission of these signals to the target tissues, the activation of epigenetic mechanisms allowing the setup of alternative transcriptional programs responsible for the establishment of discrete phenotypes. Climate change can modulate the environmental stimuli triggering polyphenisms, and/or some epigenetics marks, thus modifying on the short and long terms the discrete phenotype proportions within populations. This might result in critical ecosystem changes.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31557627
pii: S2214-5745(18)30190-1
doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.06.013
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
138-145Informations de copyright
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