Molecular signatures of plastic phenotypes in two eusocial insect species with simple societies

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

Volumn 112, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 13970-13975

  Patalano, Solenn ^a   Vlasova, Anna ^b,c   Wyatt, Chris ^b,c,d   Ewels, Philip ^a,e   Camara, Francisco ^b,c   Ferreira, Pedro G ^b,f,g   Asher, Claire L ^h,i   Jurkowski, Tomasz P ^j   Segonds Pichon, Anne ^a   Bachman, Martin ^k   González Navarrete, Irene ^b,c   Minoche, André E ^b,c,l   Krueger, Felix ^a   Lowy, Ernesto ^b,c   Marcet Houben, Marina ^b,c   Rodriguez Ales, Jose Luis ^b,c   Nascimento, Fabio S ^m   Balasubramanian, Shankar ^k,n   Gabaldon, Toni ^a,c,o   Tarver, James E ^d   Andrews, Simon ^a   Himmelbauer, Heinz ^a,c,p   Hughes, William O H ^i,q   Guigó, Roderic ^b,c   Reik, Wolf ^a,k,r   Sumner, Seirian ^d,r   more..

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^h INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^o INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^r WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ANT; APIS MELLIFERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DINOPONERA QUADRICEPS; DNA METHYLATION; EXCISION REPAIR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT GENOME; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLISTES CANADENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TAXON; TRANSPOSON; WASP; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, INSECT; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; WASPS;

EID: 84946763289     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1515937112     Document Type: Article

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