Cytosine modifications in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker genome

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Rasmussen, Erik M K ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxymethylcytosine; Demethylation; Honey bee; Methylation; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84923582424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00008     Document Type: Article

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