Deciphering a methylome: What can we read into patterns of DNA methylation?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3155-3163

  Flores, Kevin B ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

CG methylation; DNA sequencing; Epigenetics; Genome analysis; Honeybee genome

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE;

ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; GENOME;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 80052640352     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.059741     Document Type: Review

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