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Epigenetics in Social Insects: A New Direction for Understanding the Evolution of Castes
Epigenetic modifications to DNA, such as DNA methylation, can expand a genome's regulatory flexibility, and thus may contribute to the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. Recent work has demonstrated the importance of DNA methylation in alternative queen and worker “castes” in social insects, p...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335566/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22567395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/609810 |