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The effect of DNA methylation on bumblebee colony development

BACKGROUND: Although around 1% of cytosines in bees’ genomes are known to be methylated, less is known about methylation’s effect on bee behavior and fitness. Chemically altered DNA methylation levels have shown clear changes in the dominance and reproductive behavior of workers in queen-less coloni...

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Autores principales: Pozo, María I., Hunt, Benjamin J., Van Kemenade, Gaby, Guerra-Sanz, Jose M., Wäckers, Felix, Mallon, Eamonn B., Jacquemyn, Hans
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7821684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33482723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07371-1