- Title Pages
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
I History -
II The Modern Synthesis -
III Biology -
15 Introduction: Lamarckian Problematics in Biology -
16 Lamarck’s Dangerous Idea -
17 Behavior, Stress, and Evolution in Light of the Novosibirsk Selection Experiments -
18 The Role of Cellular Plasticity in the Evolution of Regulatory Novelty -
19 Evolutionary Implications of Individual Plasticity -
20 Epigenetic Variability in a Predator-Prey System -
21 Cellular Epigenetic Inheritance in the Twenty-First Century -
22 An Evolutionary Role for RNA-Mediated Epigenetic Variation? -
23 Maternal and Transgenerational Influences on Human Health -
24 Plants: Individuals or Epigenetic Cell Populations? -
25 Instantaneous Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations in the Wheat Genome Caused by Allopolyploidization -
26 Lamarckian Leaps in the Microbial World -
27 Symbionts as an Epigenetic Source of Heritable Variation -
IV Philosophy -
V Ramifications and Future Directions -
Appendix A: Mandelstam’s Poem “Lamarck” -
Appendix B: Mechanisms of Cell Heredity - Further Reading
- Glossary
- Contributors
- Index
Epigenetic Variability in a Predator-Prey System
Epigenetic Variability in a Predator-Prey System
- Chapter:
- (p.205) 20 Epigenetic Variability in a Predator-Prey System
- Source:
- Transformations of Lamarckism
- Author(s):
Sivan Pearl
Amos Oppenheim
Nathalie Q. Balaban
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
Epigenetic variability is the variability observed between organisms despite identical genetic and environmental conditions. An example of this variability is bacterial persistence, which refers to survival of bacteria after antibiotic stress, or bacteria are in a “dormant” state prior to antibiotic treatment. In this chapter, the epigenetic variability in a predator-prey system is closely examined. The chapter investigates the effect of dormant persister bacteria on the bacterial-phage interaction and determines whether bacteria persistent to antibiotic treatment are also protected from phage attacks.
Keywords: epigenetic variability, bacterial persistence, antibiotic stress, predator-prey system, persister bacteria, bacterial-phage interaction
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- Title Pages
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
I History -
II The Modern Synthesis -
III Biology -
15 Introduction: Lamarckian Problematics in Biology -
16 Lamarck’s Dangerous Idea -
17 Behavior, Stress, and Evolution in Light of the Novosibirsk Selection Experiments -
18 The Role of Cellular Plasticity in the Evolution of Regulatory Novelty -
19 Evolutionary Implications of Individual Plasticity -
20 Epigenetic Variability in a Predator-Prey System -
21 Cellular Epigenetic Inheritance in the Twenty-First Century -
22 An Evolutionary Role for RNA-Mediated Epigenetic Variation? -
23 Maternal and Transgenerational Influences on Human Health -
24 Plants: Individuals or Epigenetic Cell Populations? -
25 Instantaneous Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations in the Wheat Genome Caused by Allopolyploidization -
26 Lamarckian Leaps in the Microbial World -
27 Symbionts as an Epigenetic Source of Heritable Variation -
IV Philosophy -
V Ramifications and Future Directions -
Appendix A: Mandelstam’s Poem “Lamarck” -
Appendix B: Mechanisms of Cell Heredity - Further Reading
- Glossary
- Contributors
- Index
