ArticleEvolutionary applications2021
Urbanization is associated with modifications in DNA methylation in a small passerine bird.
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- Feather corticosterone reveals that urban great tits experience lower corticosterone exposure than forest individuals during dominance-rank establishment.Conservation physiology · 2023Article
- Infection by a helminth parasite is associated with changes in DNA methylation in the house sparrow.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Double-brooding and annual breeding success of great tits in urban and forest habitats.Current zoology · 2022Article
- Population Epigenetics: The Extent of DNA Methylation Variation in Wild Animal Populations.Epigenomes · 2022Review
- Epigenetics and the city: Non-parallel DNA methylation modifications across pairs of urban-forest Great tit populations.Evolutionary applications · 2022Article
- Epigenetic effects of parasites and pesticides on captive and wild nestling birds.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Urbanization is associated with modifications in DNA methylation in a small passerine bird.Evolutionary applications · 2021Article
- Urban evolution comes into its own: Emerging themes and future directions of a burgeoning field.Evolutionary applications · 2021Article
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Abstract
Urbanization represents a fierce driver of phenotypic change, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying observed phenotypic patterns are poorly understood. Epigenetic changes are expected to facilitate more rapid adaption to changing or novel environments, such as our towns and cities, compared with slow changes in gene sequence. A comparison of liver and blood tissue from great tits
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