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Epigenetics as an answer to Darwin’s “special difficulty”

Epigenetic modifications produce distinct phenotypes from the same genome through genome-wide transcriptional control. Recently, DNA methylation in honeybees and histone modifications in ants were found to assist the formation of caste phenotypes during development and adulthood. This insight allows...

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Autor principal: Herb, Brian R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309578
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2014.00321