Parent-of-origin effects on genome-wide DNA methylation in the Cape honey bee (Apis mellifera capensis) may be confounded by allele-specific methylation

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Remnant, Emily J ^a   Ashe, Alyson ^a   Young, Paul E ^b,c   Buchmann, Gabriele ^a   Beekman, Madeleine ^a   Allsopp, Michael H ^d   Suter, Catherine M ^b,c   Drewell, Robert A ^e   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele specific methylation; Apis mellifera capensis; Imprinting; Parent of origin effects; Thelytokous parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA CAPENSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPLOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HONEYBEE; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PARENT OF ORIGIN EFFECT; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; BEE; CPG ISLAND; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSECT GENOME; MALE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEES; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOME, INSECT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS;

EID: 84960347679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2506-8     Document Type: Article

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