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(Submitter supplied) The molecular basis of evolutionary change is assumed to be genetic variation. However, growing evidence suggests that epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, may also be involved in evolutionary change. An important first step in evaluating this hypothesis is to test for the presence of epigenetic variation between natural populations living under different environmental conditions. In the current study we explored variation between populations of Darwin’s finches living in adjacent “urban” and “rural” environments on Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos. more...

Organism:

Geospiza fuliginosa; Geospiza fortis

Type:

Methylation profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platforms:

GPL22545 GPL22544

24 Samples

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(Submitter supplied) The prevailing theory for the molecular basis of evolution involves genetic mutations that ultimately generate the heritable phenotypic variation on which natural selection acts. However, epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of phenotypic variation may also play an important role in evolutionary change. A growing number of studies have demonstrated the presence of epigenetic inheritance in a variety of different organisms that can persist for hundreds of generations. more...

Organism:

Camarhynchus parvulus; Geospiza fortis; Geospiza fuliginosa; Geospiza scandens; Platyspiza crassirostris; Taeniopygia guttata

Type:

Methylation profiling by genome tiling array; Genome variation profiling by genome tiling array

Platforms:

GPL18790 GPL18772

24 Samples

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