Epigenetic processes in insect adaptation to environmental stress

IF 5.8 1区农林科学 Q1 BIOLOGY

Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI:10.1016/j.cois.2024.101294

Ayushi Gupta , Suresh Nair

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Abstract

Insects exhibit remarkable adaptability to a wide range of environmental stressors, including temperature fluctuations, pathogens, and changes in diet. This adaptability is often driven by epigenetic processes, which regulate gene expression without altering the underlying DNA sequence. This review provides a comprehensive overview of these epigenetic processes in insect adaptation, highlighting their impact on development, behaviour, and stress resilience. Understanding these mechanisms is essential for pest management and conservation efforts, offering insights into the rapid adaptive capacity of insects. By examining recent studies on epigenetics in insects, we aim to elucidate the molecular underpinnings of their adaptation and suggest future research directions in this evolving field.

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昆虫适应环境压力的表观遗传过程。

昆虫对包括温度波动、病原体和饮食变化在内的各种环境压力因素表现出惊人的适应能力。这种适应性通常是由表观遗传过程驱动的，这种过程在不改变基本 DNA 序列的情况下调节基因表达。这篇综述全面概述了昆虫适应性中的这些表观遗传过程，强调了它们对发育、行为和抗逆性的影响。了解这些机制对害虫管理和保护工作至关重要，可深入了解昆虫的快速适应能力。通过考察最近对昆虫表观遗传学的研究，我们旨在阐明昆虫适应性的分子基础，并为这一不断发展的领域提出未来的研究方向。

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来源期刊

Current opinion in insect science BIOLOGYECOLOGYENTOMOLOGY-ECOLOGY

CiteScore

10.40

自引率

1.90%

发文量

113

期刊介绍： Current Opinion in Insect Science is a new systematic review journal that aims to provide specialists with a unique and educational platform to keep up–to–date with the expanding volume of information published in the field of Insect Science. As this is such a broad discipline, we have determined themed sections each of which is reviewed once a year. The following 11 areas are covered by Current Opinion in Insect Science. -Ecology -Insect genomics -Global Change Biology -Molecular Physiology (Including Immunity) -Pests and Resistance -Parasites, Parasitoids and Biological Control -Behavioural Ecology -Development and Regulation -Social Insects -Neuroscience -Vectors and Medical and Veterinary Entomology There is also a section that changes every year to reflect hot topics in the field. Section Editors, who are major authorities in their area, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasized. Section Editors commission articles from leading scientists on each topic that they have selected and the commissioned authors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasizing the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.