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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Harpegnathos saltator
SUBMITTER: hong cao
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-31344 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Current biology : CB 20120809 19
<h4>Background</h4>Ant societies comprise individuals belonging to different castes characterized by specialized morphologies and behaviors. Because ant embryos can follow different developmental trajectories, epigenetic mechanisms must play a role in caste determination. Ants have a full set of DNA methyltransferases and their genomes contain methylcytosine. To determine the relationship between DNA methylation and phenotypic plasticity in ants, we obtained and compared the genome-wide methylom ...[more]