title: Epigenetic inheritance: what news for evolution?
abstract: Whether epigenetic variation is important in adaptive evolution has been contentious. Two recent studies in Arabidopsis thaliana significantly add to our understanding of genome-wide variation and stability of an epigenetic mark, and thus help pave the path for realistically incorporating epigenetics into evolutionary theory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: Jesse D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hollister
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bomblies
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic