Growth Factors in Gonadal Development

Growth factor-mediated cell-cell in-specific growth factors potentially involved in teractions are required for both testicular and gonadal cell-cell interactions are briefly reviewed. ovarian cell growth during gonadal development. Combined observations imply that the hormonal A number of different growth factors have been and developmental regulation of gonadal growth shown to be produced locally in the testis and is indirectly regulated through the production and ovary that can regulate cellular proliferation. The action of locally produced growth factors

The Case for Inheritance of Epigenetic Changes in Chromosomes

Harmful chemicals, stress and other influences can permanently alter which genes are turned on without changing any of the genes’ code. Now, it appears, some of these “epigenetic” changes are passed down to—and may cause disease in—future generation

Environmental Epigenetics Update and Boards

Environmental Epigenetics, an Oxford University Press publication, just initiated its fifth year of operations with this Volume 5 Issue 1. We are a completely Open Access journal listed in PMC and PubMed, along with numerous other access sites. Environmental Epigenetics initiated its review to obtain an impact factor this year. Two special issues are planned this year in Epigenetics, Environment and Reproduction and in Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance, both associated with corresponding scientific meetings around the world. The amount and diversity of our published studies is increasing as the field of environmental epigenetics grows and expands. We are looking forward to another productive year and encourage you to consider submissions to Environmental Epigenetics

Environmental epigenetics and climate change

Epigenetics co-evolved with deoxyribonucleic acid sequence as the molecular mechanism to regulate gene expression and chromatin structure and provide the conduit for the environment to influence biology and evolution. All organisms respond to environmental factors through an alteration in epigenetic processes to alter gene expression to facilitate the cellular and organism response. Therefore, environmental epigenetics is the key molecular process involved in how the environment impacts biology. This has been shown now in all organisms from plants to humans, as well as microbes to insects. Therefore, in considering how climate change impacts biology of any organism, environmental epigenetics provides the molecular mechanism to alter gene expression, physiology and phenotypic variation of the organism

2019 environment, epigenetics and reproduction

A conference summary of the fourth 2018 biannual Kenya Africa Conference ‘Environment, Epigenetics and Reproduction’ is provided. A special Environmental Epigenetics issue containing a number of papers in Volume 5, Issue 3 and 4 are discussed

Environmental Epigenetics update

Environmental Epigenetics, an Oxford University Press publication, just initiated its seventh year of operations with this Volume 7 Issue 1. We are a completely 100% Open Access journal listed in PMC and PubMed, along with numerous other access sites. Environmental Epigenetics initiated its review to obtain an impact factor in 2020 and hope to receive this over the next year. Special issues have occurred each year and we encourage requests for special issues in environmental epigenetics. Our Special Issue in 2020 was on Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance involving 21 manuscripts (https://academic.oup.com/eep/pages/special_issues). The amount and diversity of our published studies is increasing as the field of environmental epigenetics grows and expands. We are looking forward to another productive year and encourage you to consider submissions to Environmental Epigenetics