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| Title |
Is There a Relationship between DNA Methylation and Phenotypic Plasticity in Invertebrates?
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Physiology, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fphys.2011.00116 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steven B. Roberts, Mackenzie R. Gavery |
| Abstract |
There is a significant amount of variation in DNA methylation characteristics across organisms. Likewise, the biological role of DNA methylation varies across taxonomic lineages. The complexity of DNA methylation patterns in invertebrates has only recently begun to be characterized in-depth. In some invertebrate species that have been examined to date, methylated DNA is found primarily within coding regions and patterning is closely associated with gene function. Here we provide a perspective on the potential role of DNA methylation in these invertebrates with a focus on how limited methylation may contribute to increased phenotypic plasticity in highly fluctuating environments. Specifically, limited methylation could facilitate a variety of transcriptional opportunities including access to alternative transcription start sites, increasing sequence mutations, exon skipping, and transient methylation. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 216 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 4 | 2% |
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| New Caledonia | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 202 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 45 | 21% |
| Researcher | 39 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 39 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 7% |
| Other | 26 | 12% |
| Unknown | 25 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 121 | 56% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 35 | 16% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 6% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 1% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 12 | 6% |
| Unknown | 30 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 August 2012.
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#6,331,906
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Outputs from Frontiers in Physiology
#3,003
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#57,410
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Physiology
#63
of 309 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,675,759 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 71st percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 13,467 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its peers.
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