Open AccessEpigenetics in comparative physiology
Author(s) -
Hans Hoppeler
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of experimental biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.367
H-Index - 185
eISSN - 1477-9145
pISSN - 0022-0949
DOI - 10.1242/jeb.117754
Subject(s) - epigenetics , biology , context (archaeology) , dna methylation , genetics , histone , evolutionary biology , adaptation (eye) , epigenesis , gene , gene expression , neuroscience , paleontology
Since the earliest definition of the term ‘epigenetics’ in 1942 ([Waddington, 1942][1]), our understanding of the concept has been refined extensively. C. H. Waddington initially understood epigenetics as the mechanism by which genes give rise to the phenotype during development ([Waddington,
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