Table 1 Environmental epigenetics and epigenetic inheritance in domestic farm animals

Mammary gland-specific hypomethylation of Hpa II sites flanking the bovine alpha S1-casein gene.

Epigenetic regulation of lactation.

[24]

DNA-remethylation around a STAT5-binding enhancer in the alphaS1-casein promoter is associated with abrupt shutdown of alphaS1-casein synthesis during acute mastitis.

Epigenetic regulation of lactation.

[25]

Transcriptome profiling of Streptococcus uberis-induced mastitis reveals fundamental differences between immune gene expression in the mammary gland and in a primary cell culture model.

Epigenetic regulation of lactation.

[26]

Conservation of methylation reprogramming in mammalian development: aberrant reprogramming in cloned embryos.

Epigenetic changes with assisted reproductive technologies

[36]

DNA methylation events associated with the suppression of milk protein gene expression during involution of the bovine mammary gland.

Epigenetic regulation of lactation.

[27]

Effect of maternal lactation during pregnancy

Epigenetic regulation of lactation.

[28]

Large offspring syndrome in cattle and sheep.

Epigenetic changes with assisted reproductive technologies

[33]

The production of unusually large offspring following embryo manipulation: Concepts and challenges.

Epigenetic changes with assisted reproductive technologies

[34]

Postnatal characteristics of calves produced by nuclear transfer cloning.

Epigenetic changes with assisted reproductive technologies

[35]

Epigenetic contribution to individual variation in response to lipopolysaccharide in bovine dermal fibroblasts.

Epigenetic role in immunity

[39]

Occurrence, absorption and metabolism of short chain fatty acids in the digestive tract of mammals.

Epigenetic changes with regulation of nutrition

[29]

Butyrate induces profound changes in gene expression related to multiple signal pathways in bovine kidney epithelial cells.

Epigenetic changes with regulation of nutrition

[30]

Transcriptome Characterization by RNA-seq Unravels the Mechanisms of Butyrate-Induced Epigenomic Regulation in Bovine Cells.

Epigenetic changes with regulation of nutrition

[31]

In vitro produced and cloned embryos: Effects on pregnancy, parturition and offspring.

Epigenetic changes with assisted reproductive technologies

[32]

Porcine

Sulforaphane causes a major epigenetic repression of myostatin in porcine satellite cells.

Histone deacetylase inhibitor affects myostatin in vitro

[41]

Maternal dietary protein affects transcriptional regulation of myostatin gene distinctively at weaning and finishing stages in skeletal muscle of Meishan pigs.

Maternal diet affects offspring epigenetics

[43]

HOX10 mRNA expression and promoter DNA methylation in female pig offspring after in utero estradiol-17beta exposure.

Maternal steroid exposure affects offspring epigenetics

[48]

Investigations on transgenerational epigenetic response down the male line in F2 pigs.

Paternal diet has transgenerational epigenetic effect

[49]

Dietary Sulforaphane, a Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor for Cancer Prevention

Epigenetic changes with regulation of nutrition

[40]

Neonatal estradiol exposure alters uterine morphology and endometrial transcriptional activity in prepubertal gilts.

Steroid exposure affects epigenetics

[47]

Maternal dietary protein restriction and excess affects offspring gene expression and methylation of non-SMC subunits of condensin I in liver and skeletal muscle.

Maternal diet affects offspring epigenetics

[44]

Diet, methyl donors and DNA methylation: interactions between dietary folate, methionine and choline.

Epigenetic changes with regulation of nutrition

[45]

Ovine

Periconceptional nutrition and the early programming of a life of obesity or adversity.

Maternal diet affects offspring epigenetics

[50]

The effect of maternal under-nutrition before muscle differentiation on the muscle fiber development of the newborn lamb.

Maternal diet affects offspring epigenetics

[51]

Effect of maternal dietary restriction during pregnancy on lamb carcass characteristics and muscle fiber composition.

Maternal diet affects offspring epigenetics

[52]

Gallus

Comparison of the Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiles between Fast-Growing and Slow-Growing Broilers.

Differences in epigenetics between breeds

[55]

Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor is regulated by microRNA-133 during skeletal myogenesis.

Epigenetic effects during muscle development

[58]

Transgenerational epigenetic effects on innate immunity in broilers: An underestimated field to be explored?

Review on role of epigenetics in innate immunity

[59]

DNMT gene expression and methylome in Marek's disease resistant and susceptible chickens prior to and following infection by MDV.

Epigenetic role in immunity

[54]

Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance study in domestic farm animals

Porcine

Investigations on transgenerational epigenetic response down the male line in F2 pigs.

Paternal diet has transgenerational epigenetic effect

[49]