Ecological epigenetics fact sheets
Ecological epigenetics aims to understand the causes and ecological consequences of epigenetic variation in natural populations. How does epigenetics contribute to the capacity of plants and animals to respond and adapt to biotic and abiotic challenges in the wild? To answer this question, input is needed from very different research fields: sequencing-based technologies need to be applied to unravel molecular epigenetic mechanisms in ecologically relevant contexts.
As part of the training program of EpiDiverse, the students in the network are compiling a collection of background information on key topics from the different subdisciplines of ecological epigenomics. This set of fact sheets forms the basis for an online text book on the research field.
- DNA Methylation
- Histones and chromatin dynamics
- Small RNA and other non-coding RNAs
- TEs and mobilomes
- Life history strategies
- Plant defence response
- Plasticity and adaptation
- Epigenetics in evolution
- Epigenetics at community level
- Experimental design for epigenetic studies
- NGS analysis for epigenetics
- Bisulfite sequencing methods
- Transcriptomics
- Epigenetic data visualization
- Differential methylation bioinformatics