EPIGENETIC MUTATION IN ANIMALS: DISCUSSION IN RELATION TO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS OF THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES
Isabele
Augusta Gonçalves Souza
Bachelor
of Veterinary Medicine student at Multivix College – Vila Velha Campus (ES).
E-mail: isabele.augusta2022@hotmail.com
Deborah
Ketlyn Pacheco Ferreira
Bachelor's
Degree in Veterinary Medicine from Multivix College - Vila Velha Campus (ES).
E-mail: deborapacheco768@gmail.com
Sérgio
Rodrigues de Souza
Post-Doctorate
in Psychology. E-mail: srgrodriguesdesouza@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This essay addresses
the topic of epigenetic mutation in animals, aiming to broaden the discussion
in relation to the most significant problems of the 20th and 21st centuries,
regarding the anthropogenic effects on the Environment and how this has affected
the lives of animals. Its scientific relevance lies in the fact that it
highlights an argument that is necessary in academia and important as a
starting point for research into pollution and the weakening of marine biomes.
The target object of study chosen to guide the discussion were sea turtles, due
to the fact that the two co-authors, Veterinary Medicine academics, research
these animals and their behavioral changes that have occurred, as well as
pathologies that have arisen in recent times that still remain without a
clinical explanation. The difficulty in establishing controlled studies based
on contamination with such metals and empirical observation of their effects,
in the laboratory, means that studies at the field level are considered as
always inconclusive, a ploy to defend industrial conglomerates that continue to
pollute the bays, the reefs and the corals. Darwin (2015) stated that the most
adaptive species or individuals are those that survive in nature. This has
become a powerful jargon that little or no reflection is made on the complex
animal kingdom. But what about those who don't adapt: they simply succumb to
chaos? Node! And, as already discussed above, they join the most adaptive and,
together, produce stronger generations with greater resilience to the negative
impacts of physical and anthropogenic action on the environment. Human action,
which causes drastic changes in environments, has been the cause of epigenetic
mutations in animals that are interpreted as true aberrations.
Keywords: Epigenetic mutation. Sea turtles. Heavy metal poisoning. Marine biomes.
Reviewed by Current Scientific Journal
on
novembro 24, 2024
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