Preface -- Stress-induced mutagenesis in bacteria -- Mutagenesis Associated with Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks Under Stress -- Transcription-mediated mutagenic processes -- Transposon mutagenesis in disease, drug discovery and bacterial evolution -- Hsp90 as a capacitor of both genetic and epigenetic changes in the genome during cancer progression and evolution -- Inheritance of stress-induced epigenetic changes mediated by the ATF-2 family of transcription factors -- Microsatellite Repeats: Canaries in the Coalmine -- Genetic instability Induced by hypoxic stress -- Radiation-induced delayed genome Instability and hypermutation in mammalian cells -- Radiation-induced bystander effects and stress-induced mutagenesis -- Stress induced mutagenesis, genetic diversification, and cell survival via anastasis, the reversal of late stage apoptosis -- The transgenerational effects of parental exposure to mutagens in mammals -- Revisiting mutagenesis in the age of high-throughput sequencing -- Index.

The discoveries of stress-induced mutation and epigenetic inheritance have challenged the claim of independence between the evolutionary forces of mutation and selection. In “Stress-Induced Mutagenesis”, leading experts provide the key evidence for and the molecular details of stress-induced genetic and epigenetic mutation, integrating cross-disciplinary observations from a number of species and biological systems, including human. The observations have vast implications for evolutionary biology but also for human medicine. A comprehensive understanding of stress-induced mutagenesis and the processes underlying evolvability, will enable gains in the treatment and management of cancer, as well as other human disorders that result from damaged or unstable genomes.