DNA Methylation as a Mechanism of Nutritional Plasticity: Limited Support From Horned Beetles

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-34

  Snell Rood, Emilie C ^a,b   Troth, Ashley ^a,c   Moczek, Armin P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS;

EID: 84871715746     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22479     Document Type: Article

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