Pre-implantation genome-wide methylation enables environmental adaptation in a social meso-carnivore
Tin Hang Hung,
Ming-shan Tsai,
Chris Newman
et al.
Abstract:Many wild populations are increasingly stressed by rapid climatic change. While behavioural plasticity can enable limited tactical adaptive responses, standing genetic variation limits the species’ capacity to respond to climate change velocity. Epigenetic modification may provide a more rapid and plastic adaptive mechanism, but has been little studied in wild-living animals. Here we investigated CpG methylation during the pre-natal and early-life development of 95 European badger cubs between 2003 and 2011). … Show more
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