Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: how important is it?

piRNAs Can Trigger a Multigenerational Epigenetic Memory in the Germline of C. elegans

(2012) Alyson Ashe et al.   CELL

piRNAs Initiate an Epigenetic Memory of Nonself RNA in the C. elegans Germline

(2012) Masaki Shirayama et al.   CELL

Cell-free Formation of RNA Granules: Low Complexity Sequence Domains Form Dynamic Fibers within Hydrogels

(2012) Masato Kato et al.   CELL

Prions in Yeast

(2012) S. W. Liebman et al.   GENETICS

Commentary: The seven plagues of epigenetic epidemiology

(2012) Bastiaan T Heijmans et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The Dynamics of Genome-wide DNA Methylation Reprogramming in Mouse Primordial Germ Cells

(2012) Stefanie Seisenberger et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

An inverse relationship to germline transcription defines centromeric chromatin in C. elegans

(2012) Reto Gassmann et al.   NATURE

Prions are a common mechanism for phenotypic inheritance in wild yeasts

(2012) Randal Halfmann et al.   NATURE

Interpreting noncoding genetic variation in complex traits and human disease

(2012) Lucas D Ward et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Multigenerational epigenetic adaptation of the hepatic wound-healing response

(2012) Müjdat Zeybel et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Chromatin replication and epigenome maintenance

(2012) Constance Alabert et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Mili and Miwi target RNA repertoire reveals piRNA biogenesis and function of Miwi in spermiogenesis

(2012) Anastassios Vourekas et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Stress-Induced Chromatin Changes: A Critical View on Their Heritability

(2012) A. Pecinka et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Transgenerational Effects of Stress Exposure on Offspring Phenotypes in Apomictic Dandelion

(2012) Koen J.F. Verhoeven et al.   PLoS One

Germline DNA Demethylation Dynamics and Imprint Erasure Through 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine

(2012) J. A. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE

A Yeast Prion, Mod5, Promotes Acquired Drug Resistance and Cell Survival Under Environmental Stress

(2012) G. Suzuki et al.   SCIENCE

Antagonism between MES-4 and Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Promotes Appropriate Gene Expression in C. elegans Germ Cells

(2012) Laura J. Gaydos et al.   Cell Reports

An Unbiased Assessment of the Role of Imprinted Genes in an Intergenerational Model of Developmental Programming

(2012) Elizabeth J. Radford et al.   PLoS Genetics

Functional annotation of the human brain methylome identifies tissue-specific epigenetic variation across brain and blood

(2012) Matthew N Davies et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in plants

(2011) Marie-Theres Hauser et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Role of miRNAs and siRNAs in biotic and abiotic stress responses of plants

(2011) Basel Khraiwesh et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

MAVS Forms Functional Prion-like Aggregates to Activate and Propagate Antiviral Innate Immune Response

(2011) Fajian Hou et al.   CELL

You Are What Your Dad Ate

(2011) Anne C. Ferguson-Smith et al.   Cell Metabolism

Selected aspects of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance and resetting in plants

(2011) Jerzy Paszkowski et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

A Small, Glutamine-Free Domain Propagates the [SWI+] Prion in Budding Yeast

(2011) E. T. Crow et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Eric L. Greer et al.   NATURE

Genomic imprinting: the emergence of an epigenetic paradigm

(2011) Anne C. Ferguson-Smith   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Suicidal [PSI+] is a lethal yeast prion

(2011) R. P. McGlinchey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Role for piRNAs and Noncoding RNA in de Novo DNA Methylation of the Imprinted Mouse Rasgrf1 Locus

(2011) T. Watanabe et al.   SCIENCE

The [Het-s] prion of Podospora anserina and its role in heterokaryon incompatibility

(2011) Sven J. Saupe   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Plant germline development: a tale of cross-talk, signaling, and cellular interactions

(2011) Ueli Grossniklaus   SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION

A Role for Set1/MLL-Related Components in Epigenetic Regulation of the Caenorhabditis elegans Germ Line

(2011) Tengguo Li et al.   PLoS Genetics

Paternally Induced Transgenerational Environmental Reprogramming of Metabolic Gene Expression in Mammals

(2010) Benjamin R. Carone et al.   CELL

Chronic high-fat diet in fathers programs β-cell dysfunction in female rat offspring

(2010) Sheau-Fang Ng et al.   NATURE

Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation patterns in plants and animals

(2010) Julie A. Law et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Transgenerational Adaptation of Arabidopsis to Stress Requires DNA Methylation and the Function of Dicer-Like Proteins

(2010) Alex Boyko et al.   PLoS One

Epigenetics in the Extreme: Prions and the Inheritance of Environmentally Acquired Traits

(2010) Randal Halfmann et al.   SCIENCE

Trans-generational epigenetic regulation of C. elegans primordial germ cells

(2010) Hirofumi Furuhashi et al.   Epigenetics & Chromatin

Male-line transgenerational responses in humans

(2010) Marcus E. Pembrey   Human Fertility

The Histone H3K36 Methyltransferase MES-4 Acts Epigenetically to Transmit the Memory of Germline Gene Expression to Progeny

(2010) Andreas Rechtsteiner et al.   PLoS Genetics

Adaptive epigenetic memory of ancestral temperature regime in Arabidopsis thalianaThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in a Special Issue from the National Research Council of Canada – Plant Biotechnology Institute.

(2009) C. A. Whittle et al.   Botany

A C. elegans LSD1 Demethylase Contributes to Germline Immortality by Reprogramming Epigenetic Memory

(2009) David J. Katz et al.   CELL

A Systematic Survey Identifies Prions and Illuminates Sequence Features of Prionogenic Proteins

(2009) Simon Alberti et al.   CELL

A heritable switch in carbon source utilization driven by an unusual yeast prion

(2009) J. C.S. Brown et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Transgenerational genetic effects on phenotypic variation and disease risk

(2009) J. H. Nadeau   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Stress-induced DNA methylation changes and their heritability in asexual dandelions

(2009) Koen J. F. Verhoeven et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Transgenerational Stress Memory Is Not a General Response in Arabidopsis

(2009) Ales Pecinka et al.   PLoS One

Stochastic epigenetic variation as a driving force of development, evolutionary adaptation, and disease

(2009) A. P. Feinberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Germline P Granules Are Liquid Droplets That Localize by Controlled Dissolution/Condensation

(2009) C. P. Brangwynne et al.   SCIENCE

RNA Induction and Inheritance of Epigenetic Cardiac Hypertrophy in the Mouse

(2008) Kay D. Wagner et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Intergenerational Transmission of Glucose Intolerance and Obesity by In Utero Undernutrition in Mice

(2008) J. C. Jimenez-Chillaron et al.   DIABETES

Hsp104, Hsp70 and Hsp40 interplay regulates formation, growth and elimination of Sup35 prions

(2008) James Shorter et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Epigenetic events in mammalian germ-cell development: reprogramming and beyond

(2008) Hiroyuki Sasaki et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS