TY - JOUR
T1 - Epigenetic inheritance in evolution
AU - Jablonka, E.
AU - Lamb, M. J.
PY - 1998/3
Y1 - 1998/3
N2 - We discuss the role of cell memory in heredity and evolution. We describe the properties of the epigenetic inheritance systems (EISs) that underlie cell memory and enable environmentally and developmentally induced cell phenotypes to be transmitted in cell lineages, and argue that transgenerational epigenetic inheritance is an important and neglected part of heredity. By looking at the part EISs have played in the evolution of multicellularity, ontogeny, chromosome organization, and the origin of some post-mating isolating mechanisms, we show how considering the role of epigenetic inheritance can sometimes shed light on major evolutionary processes.
AB - We discuss the role of cell memory in heredity and evolution. We describe the properties of the epigenetic inheritance systems (EISs) that underlie cell memory and enable environmentally and developmentally induced cell phenotypes to be transmitted in cell lineages, and argue that transgenerational epigenetic inheritance is an important and neglected part of heredity. By looking at the part EISs have played in the evolution of multicellularity, ontogeny, chromosome organization, and the origin of some post-mating isolating mechanisms, we show how considering the role of epigenetic inheritance can sometimes shed light on major evolutionary processes.
KW - Acquired characters
KW - Chromosome organization
KW - Epialleles
KW - Multicellularity
KW - Post-mating isolation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031972059&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s000360050073
DO - 10.1007/s000360050073
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AN - SCOPUS:0031972059
SN - 1010-061X
VL - 11
SP - 159
EP - 183
JO - Journal of Evolutionary Biology
JF - Journal of Evolutionary Biology
IS - 2
ER -