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TI Linking epigenetics and biological conservation: Towards a conservation epigenetics perspective
BT 
AF REY, Olivier
   EIZAGUIRRE, Christophe
   ANGERS, Bernard
   BALTAZAR-SOARES, Miguel
   SAGONAS, Kostas
   PRUNIER, Jerome G.
   BLANCHET, Simon
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:2;6:5;7:5,6;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;
C1 Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, IHPE, CNRS, UMR 5244, Perpignan, France.
   Queen Mary Univ London, Sch Biol & Chem Sci, London, England.
   Univ Montreal, Dept Biol Sci, Montreal, PQ, Canada.
   Bournemouth Univ, Poole, Dorset, England.
   UPS, ENSFEA, Evolut & Diversite Biol, CNRS,UMR5174,IRD, Toulouse, France.
   Univ Paul Sabatier UP, CNRS, UMR5321, Stn Ecol Theor & Expt, Moulis, France.
C2 UNIV PERPIGNAN, FRANCE
   UNIV LONDON, UK
   UNIV MONTREAL, CANADA
   UNIV BOURNEMOUTH, UK
   UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE
   UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE
UM IHPE
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 5.608
TC 60
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00657/76876/78119.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00657/76876/78120.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00657/76876/78121.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;conservation;DNA methylation;ecological timescales;epigenetic;evolutionary significant units
AB 1. Biodiversity conservation is a global issue where the challenge is to integrate all levels of biodiversity to ensure the long-term evolutionary potential and resilience of biological systems. Genetic approaches have largely contributed to conservation biology by defining "conservation entities" accounting for their evolutionary history and adaptive potential, the so-called evolutionary significant units (ESUs). Yet, these approaches only loosely integrate the short-term ecological history of organisms. 2. Here, we argue that epigenetic variation, and more particularly DNA methylation, represents a molecular component of biodiversity that directly links the genome to the environment. As such, it provides the required information on the ecological background of organisms for an integrative field of conservation biology. 3. We synthesize knowledge about the importance of epigenetic mechanisms in (a) orchestrating fundamental development alternatives in organisms, (b) enabling individuals to respond in real-time to selection pressures and (c) improving ecosystem stability and functioning. 4. Using practical examples in conservation biology, we illustrate the relevance of DNA methylation (a) as biomarkers of past and present environmental stress events as well as biomarkers of physiological conditions of individuals; (b) for documenting the ecological structuring/clustering of wild populations and hence for better integrating ecology into ESUs; (c) for improving conservation translocations; and (d) for studying landscape functional connectivity. 5. We conclude that an epigenetic conservation perspective will provide environmental managers the possibility to refine ESUs, to set conservation plans taking into account the capacity of organisms to rapidly cope with environmental changes, and hence to improve the conservation of wild populations.
PY 2020
PD FEB
SO Functional Ecology
SN 0269-8463
PU Wiley
VL 34
IS 2
UT 000482856900001
BP 414
EP 427
DI 10.1111/1365-2435.13429
ID 76876
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