The paper shows fishing pressure leads to DNA methylation changes in marine fish, independent of age effects, suggesting epigenetic adaptation under strong selection.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · Jul 23, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

DNA methylation associates with sex-specific effects of experimentally increased yolk testosterone in wild nestlings

Bernice Sepers, Suvi Ruuskanen, Tjomme van Mastrigt, A. Christa Mateman, Kees van Oers

The paper examines how increased yolk testosterone affects DNA methylation and phenotypes in wild great tit nestlings, finding sex-specific methylation changes at 763 CpG sites linked to growth, oxidative stress, and reproduction.

Molecular Ecology · Jan 6, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

epiGBS2: an improved protocol and automated snakemake workflow for highly multiplexed reduced representation bisulfite sequencing

Fleur Gawehns, Maarten Postuma, Thomas P. van Gurp, Cornelis A. M. Wagemaker, Samar Fatma, Morgane Van Antro, A. Christa Mateman, Slavica Milanovic‐Ivanovic, Kees van Oers, Ivo Große, Philippine Vergeer, Koen J. F. Verhoeven

epiGBS2 improves upon epiGBS by offering a more flexible, cost-effective, and user-friendly protocol and bioinformatics pipeline for methylation and genetic analysis.

bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2020 · PreprintBioinformatics