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SUBMITTER: Li Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4200514 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Qiye Q Wang Zongji Z Lian Jinmin J Schiøtt Morten M Jin Lijun L Zhang Pei P Zhang Yanyan Y Nygaard Sanne S Peng Zhiyu Z Zhou Yang Y Deng Yuan Y Zhang Wenwei W Boomsma Jacobus J JJ Zhang Guojie G
Nature communications 20140930
Eusocial insects have evolved the capacity to generate adults with distinct morphological, reproductive and behavioural phenotypes from the same genome. Recent studies suggest that RNA editing might enhance the diversity of gene products at the post-transcriptional level, particularly to induce functional changes in the nervous system. Using head samples from the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior, we compare RNA editomes across eusocial castes, identifying ca. 11,000 RNA editing sites in gy ...[more]