Genetic and epigenetic architecture of sex-biased expression in the jewel wasps Nasonia vitripennis and giraulti

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 27, 2015, Pages E3545-E3554

  Wang, Xu ^a   Werren, John H ^b   Clark, Andrew G ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dna methylation; Fatty acid desaturase; RNA seq; Sex biased expression; WGBS seq

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; INSECT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; NASONIA GIRAULTI; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WASP; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; INSECT CHROMOSOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA; NASONIA GIRAULTI; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTOME; WASPS;

EID: 84936083551     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510338112     Document Type: Article

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