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The role of epigenetics, particularly DNA methylation, in the evolution of caste in insect societies

Eusocial insects can be defined as those that live in colonies and have distinct queens and workers. For most species, queens and workers arise from a common genome, and so caste-specific developmental trajectories must arise from epigenetic processes. In this review, we examine the epigenetic mecha...

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Publié dans:Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Auteurs principaux: Oldroyd, Benjamin P., Yagound, Boris
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: The Royal Society 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059649/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33866805
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0115
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