Epigenetics of royalty

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Chittka, Alexandra ^a   Chittka, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FATTY ACID; ROYAL JELLY;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; EPIGENETICS; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PUBLICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; BEE; DIET; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BEES; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATTY ACIDS; GENOME; HUMANS;

EID: 78149471929     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000532     Document Type: Article

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