Meuthen IDEA LAB<p>New📜preprint from the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@idealab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>idealab</span></a></span> out today! We propose that epigenetic mechanisms mediate the realization of individualized niches. Furthermore, we suggest that the realization of individualized niches can contribute to both the emergence and maintenance of epigenetic variation. This opinion piece is the result of a large collaboration within the DFG-funded NC³ collaborative research center - A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction <a href="https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/verbuende/sfb_nc3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/b</span><span class="invisible">iologie/forschung/verbuende/sfb_nc3/</span></a> ). It is now available on EcoEvoRxiv: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32942/X2Z34V" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.32942/X2Z34V</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/plasticity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plasticity</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/epigenetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epigenetics</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/individualisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>individualisation</span></a> <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> @academicchatter</p>