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Methylation and worker reproduction in the bumble-bee (Bombus terrestris)
Insects are at the dawn of an epigenetics era. Numerous social insect species have been found to possess a functioning methylation system, previously not thought to exist in insects. Methylation, an epigenetic tag, may be vital for the sociality and division of labour for which social insects are re...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4027386/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24523266 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2502 |