Cover image: Podarcis lizard from the Southern Adriatic (Croatia). These lizards often include plant matter into their diet, and some populations have rapidly adapted to these novel diets after having been introduced on some islands. Epigenetic mechanisms have been invoked to explain the rapid phenotypic changes that have taken place in these introduced populations. Our Special Feature: Epigenetics in Ecology and Evolution highlights the diversity of epigenetic mechanisms that may lead to rapid changes in phenotype and the importance of epigenetic mechanisms in ecology and evolution. Photo credit: Anne‐Claire Fabre.

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封面图片：来自南亚得里亚海（克罗地亚）的Podarcis蜥蜴。这些蜥蜴的饮食中通常含有植物性物质，一些种群在引入某些岛屿后迅速适应了这些新颖的饮食。表观遗传机制已被用来解释在这些引进种群中发生的快速表型变化。我们的特色：生态与进化中的表观遗传学突出显示了表观遗传机制的多样性，这可能导致表型的快速变化以及表观遗传机制在生态与进化中的重要性。图片来源：Anne‐Claire Fabre。