Epigenetic and Genetic Differentiation Between Coregonus Species Pairs.

ABSTRACT: Phenotypic diversification is classically associated with genetic differentiation and gene expression variation. However, increasing evidence suggests that DNA methylation is involved in evolutionary processes due to its phenotypic and transcriptional effects. Methylation can increase mutagenesis and could lead to increased genetic divergence between populations experiencing different environmental conditions for many generations, though there has been minimal empirical research on epigenetically induced mutagenesis in diversification and speciation. Whitefish, freshwater members of the salmonid family, are excellent systems to study phenotypic diversification and speciation due to the repeated divergence of benthic-limnetic species pairs serving as natural replicates. Here we investigate

SUBMITTER: Venney CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10849188 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature