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Environmental Epigenomics and Its Applications in Marine Organisms

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Abstract

Although epigenetics is still a relatively new discipline, its development during the last 10 years has revolutionized the current understanding of genome structure and function. The present chapter provides an insight on the exciting field of environmental epigenetics (i.e., the cause-effect relationships between environmental signals and epigenetic modifications altering phenotypes) and its potential applications for different types of studies in the marine environment. In the first part of this chapter, this work focuses on defining epigenetics, the different mechanisms involved in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression, as well as their potential role during the evolution of life on Earth. In the second part, this chapter moves into the potential applications of epigenetics in marine organisms, using current research projects on model species ranging from marine invertebrates to large marine megafauna as references. Overall, the present contribution underscores the importance of environmental epigenetic studies in marine organisms to better understand how organisms respond to their surrounding environment, fostering the development of a new generation of biomarkers enhancing restoration, conservation, and management efforts.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (IOS 1810981 awarded to JEL, and HRD 1547798 awarded to Florida International University as part of the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology Program). This is contribution 87 from the Center for Coastal Oceans Research in the Institute for Water and Environment at Florida International University. Additional support was provided by funds from the Fundacion Ramon Areces (CRC).

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  1. Environmental Epigenetics Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Coastal Oceans Research, Institute of Water and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

    Andria Beal, Javier Rodriguez-Casariego, Ciro Rivera-Casas, Victoria Suarez-Ulloa & Jose M. Eirin-Lopez

  2. Research Unit in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium

    Victoria Suarez-Ulloa

  3. Marine Sciences Program, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA

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Beal, A., Rodriguez-Casariego, J., Rivera-Casas, C., Suarez-Ulloa, V., Eirin-Lopez, J.M. (2018). Environmental Epigenomics and Its Applications in Marine Organisms. In: Oleksiak, M., Rajora, O. (eds) Population Genomics: Marine Organisms. Population Genomics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/13836_2018_28

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