Allele-Specific Transcriptome and Methylome Analysis Reveals Stable Inheritance and Cis-Regulation of DNA Methylation in Nasonia

PLoS Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

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

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; MALE; NASONIA GIRAULTI; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WASP; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INHERITANCE; INSECT GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENOME, INSECT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTOME; WASPS;

EID: 84982816256     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002500     Document Type: Article

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