Chromatin diminution in Copepoda (Crustacea): pattern, biological role and evolutionary aspects

Abstract. This article provides an overview of research on chromatin diminution (CD) in copepods. The phenomenology, mechanisms and biological role of CD are discussed. A model of CD as an alternative means of regulating cell differentiation is presented. While the vast majority of eukaryotes inacti...

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Autor principal: Grishanin, Andrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24744830
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v8i1.5913
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description Abstract. This article provides an overview of research on chromatin diminution (CD) in copepods. The phenomenology, mechanisms and biological role of CD are discussed. A model of CD as an alternative means of regulating cell differentiation is presented. While the vast majority of eukaryotes inactivate genes that are no longer needed in development by heterochromatinization, copepods probably use CD for the same purpose. It is assumed that the copepods have exploited CD as a tool for adaptation to changing environmental conditions and as a mechanism for regulating the rate of evolutionary processes.
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spelling pubmed-39782392014-04-17 Chromatin diminution in Copepoda (Crustacea): pattern, biological role and evolutionary aspects Grishanin, Andrey Comp Cytogenet Research Article Abstract. This article provides an overview of research on chromatin diminution (CD) in copepods. The phenomenology, mechanisms and biological role of CD are discussed. A model of CD as an alternative means of regulating cell differentiation is presented. While the vast majority of eukaryotes inactivate genes that are no longer needed in development by heterochromatinization, copepods probably use CD for the same purpose. It is assumed that the copepods have exploited CD as a tool for adaptation to changing environmental conditions and as a mechanism for regulating the rate of evolutionary processes. Pensoft Publishers 2014-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3978239/ /pubmed/24744830 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v8i1.5913 Text en Andrey Grishanin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Chromatin diminution in Copepoda (Crustacea): pattern, biological role and evolutionary aspects
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title_full Chromatin diminution in Copepoda (Crustacea): pattern, biological role and evolutionary aspects
title_fullStr Chromatin diminution in Copepoda (Crustacea): pattern, biological role and evolutionary aspects
title_full_unstemmed Chromatin diminution in Copepoda (Crustacea): pattern, biological role and evolutionary aspects
title_short Chromatin diminution in Copepoda (Crustacea): pattern, biological role and evolutionary aspects
title_sort chromatin diminution in copepoda (crustacea): pattern, biological role and evolutionary aspects
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24744830
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v8i1.5913
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