Comparative analyses of DNA methylation and sequence evolution using Nasonia genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3345-3354

  Park, Jungsun ^a   Peng, Zuogang ^b   Zeng, Jia ^b   Elango, Navin ^b   Park, Taesung ^a   Wheeler, Dave ^c   Werren, John H ^c   Yi, Soojin V ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative splicing; DNA methylation; genome evolution; molecular evolution; Nasonia; sex determination

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM LINE; HONEYBEE; INTRON; MALE; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; NONHUMAN; SEX DETERMINATION; WASP;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GENOME, INSECT; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; WASPS;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; NASONIA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

EID: 81855206226     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr168     Document Type: Article

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