Environmental influences on genetics or gene expression
Kazeem – environmental influences on gene expression – e.g. Himalayan rabbits, where coat patterns are determined by temperature https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/environmental-influences-on-gene-expression-536/
Also Siamese cats, and numerous influences of temperature on developmental form and process
GC content and free energy — https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004763740500120X
Bubble formation with temperature less likely with AT-rich sequences
Leila – DNA methylation influenced by environment? https://elifesciences.org/articles/5255
Environmental effects were limited to transposons, where CHH methylation was found to increase with temperature
Unlike CHH methylation, CpG gene body methylation (GBM) was not affected by growth temperature, but was instead correlated with the latitude of origin.
Transposable elements – mariner, line 1 elements, etc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tc1/mariner
Placenta has viral origins https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/health-and-biotech/the-placenta-a-legacy-inherited-from-ancient-viruses/
Robert — https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110512-135907 How complexity evolves, eye case study
Peppered moth and industrial melanism
Evo-devo
Immune system and genetic variation within it; temperature and other covariates
Bat immune systems are flexible; associated with transition to flying life mode
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