The function of DNA methylation has been investigated in depth in vertebrate and plant genomes, establishing that it is involved in gene silencing and transposon control. Data regarding insect methylation, even if still scanty, apparently argue against evolutionary conservation of DNA methylation functions. Cytosine methylation, therefore, proves to be an epigenetic tool repeatedly used to accomplish different functions in different taxa according to a sort of epigenetic tinkering occurring during evolution.
Epigenetic tinkering and evolution: is there any continuity in the functional role of cytosine methylation from invertebrates to vertebrates? / Mandrioli, Mauro. - In: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES. - ISSN 1420-682X. - STAMPA. - 61:(2004), pp. 2425-2427. [10.1007/s00018-004-4184-y]
Epigenetic tinkering and evolution: is there any continuity in the functional role of cytosine methylation from invertebrates to vertebrates?
MANDRIOLI, Mauro
2004
Abstract
The function of DNA methylation has been investigated in depth in vertebrate and plant genomes, establishing that it is involved in gene silencing and transposon control. Data regarding insect methylation, even if still scanty, apparently argue against evolutionary conservation of DNA methylation functions. Cytosine methylation, therefore, proves to be an epigenetic tool repeatedly used to accomplish different functions in different taxa according to a sort of epigenetic tinkering occurring during evolution.
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