Speciation, Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity: What Can Endocrine Disruptors Tell Us?
Phenotype variability, phenotypic plasticity, and the inheritance of phenotypic traits constitute the fundamental ground of processes such as individuation, individual and species adaptation and ultimately speciation. Even though traditional evolutionary thinking relies on genetic mutations as the m...
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| author | Braulio Ayala-García Marta López-Santibáñez Guevara Lluvia I. Marcos-Camacho Alma L. Fuentes-Farías Esperanza Meléndez-Herrera Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina |
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| description | Phenotype variability, phenotypic plasticity, and the inheritance of phenotypic traits constitute the fundamental ground of processes such as individuation, individual and species adaptation and ultimately speciation. Even though traditional evolutionary thinking relies on genetic mutations as the main source of intra- and interspecies phenotypic variability, recent studies suggest that the epigenetic modulation of gene transcription and translation, epigenetic memory, and epigenetic inheritance are by far the most frequent reliable sources of transgenerational variability among viable individuals within and across organismal species. Therefore, individuation and speciation should be considered as nonmutational epigenetic phenomena. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d9c8dde8322f4f7a9e50b51dbd37ed2a2025-08-20T02:21:25ZengWileyInternational Journal of Endocrinology1687-83371687-83452013-01-01201310.1155/2013/862739862739Speciation, Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity: What Can Endocrine Disruptors Tell Us?Braulio Ayala-García0Marta López-Santibáñez Guevara1Lluvia I. Marcos-Camacho2Alma L. Fuentes-Farías3Esperanza Meléndez-Herrera4Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina5Laboratorio de Ecofisiología Animal, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, MI, MexicoLaboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Ciudad de México, MexicoLaboratorio de Ecofisiología Animal, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, MI, MexicoLaboratorio de Ecofisiología Animal, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, MI, MexicoLaboratorio de Ecofisiología Animal, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre Recursos Naturales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, MI, MexicoLaboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Ciudad de México, MexicoPhenotype variability, phenotypic plasticity, and the inheritance of phenotypic traits constitute the fundamental ground of processes such as individuation, individual and species adaptation and ultimately speciation. Even though traditional evolutionary thinking relies on genetic mutations as the main source of intra- and interspecies phenotypic variability, recent studies suggest that the epigenetic modulation of gene transcription and translation, epigenetic memory, and epigenetic inheritance are by far the most frequent reliable sources of transgenerational variability among viable individuals within and across organismal species. Therefore, individuation and speciation should be considered as nonmutational epigenetic phenomena.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/862739 |
| spellingShingle | Braulio Ayala-García Marta López-Santibáñez Guevara Lluvia I. Marcos-Camacho Alma L. Fuentes-Farías Esperanza Meléndez-Herrera Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina Speciation, Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity: What Can Endocrine Disruptors Tell Us? International Journal of Endocrinology |
| title | Speciation, Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity: What Can Endocrine Disruptors Tell Us? |
| title_full | Speciation, Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity: What Can Endocrine Disruptors Tell Us? |
| title_fullStr | Speciation, Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity: What Can Endocrine Disruptors Tell Us? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Speciation, Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity: What Can Endocrine Disruptors Tell Us? |
| title_short | Speciation, Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity: What Can Endocrine Disruptors Tell Us? |
| title_sort | speciation phenotypic variation and plasticity what can endocrine disruptors tell us |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/862739 |
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