Influence of Climate Change & Environmental Toxicants on Epigenetic Modifications
Souvik Roy, Ishani Laha, Dhrisaj Ray, Lopamudra Choudhury
Abstract
The ever-increasing predicament of climate change results in major alterations in the immediate environment of different organisms at an unprecedented global scale. Thus, organisms find themselves trapped in an environment that alters at a rate much higher than their genotypes can adapt, owing to their relaxed rates of mutation. This is exactly where epigenetic modifications come in handy, as they help the organism cope with drastic changes in environmental conditions mediated by climate change.
Topics & Concepts
EpigeneticsClimate changeEnvironmental scienceChemistryEnvironmental chemistryBiologyEcologyBiochemistryGeneEpigenetics and DNA Methylation