TY  - JOUR
A1  - Guerrero, Tania P.
A1  - Fickel, Jörns
A1  - Benhaiem, Sarah
A1  - Weyrich, Alexandra
T1  - Epigenomics and gene regulation in mammalian social systems
JF  - Current zoology
N2  - Social epigenomics is a new field of research that studies how the social environment shapes the epigenome and how in turn the epigenome modulates behavior. We focus on describing known gene-environment interactions (GEIs) and epigenetic mechanisms in different mammalian social systems. To illustrate how epigenetic mechanisms integrate GEls, we highlight examples where epigenetic mechanisms are associated with social behaviors and with their maintenance through neuroendocrine, locomotor, and metabolic responses. We discuss future research trajectories and open questions for the emerging field of social epigenomics in nonmodel and naturally occurring social systems. Finally, we outline the technological advances that aid the study of epigenetic mechanisms in the establishment of GEIs and vice versa.
KW  - epigenetics
KW  - DNA methylation
KW  - histone modification
KW  - rank
KW  - social status
KW  - social systems
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa005
SN  - 1674-5507
SN  - 2396-9814
VL  - 66
IS  - 3
SP  - 307
EP  - 319
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  -