Genome, transcriptome and methylome sequencing of a primitively eusocial wasp reveal a greatly reduced DNA methylation system in a social insect

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1769-1784

  Standage, Daniel S ^a   Berens, Ali J ^b   Glastad, Karl M ^c   Severin, Andrew J ^b   Brendel, Volker P ^a,d   Toth, Amy L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

caste; Dnmt3; eusociality; genome; methylation; paper wasp; transcriptome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSECT GENOME; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOME, INSECT; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; WASPS;

EID: 84960968215     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13578     Document Type: Article

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