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SUBMITTER: Rasmussen EMK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5600429 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biochemistry and biophysics reports 20160222
Well-known epigenetic DNA modifications in mammals include the addition of a methyl group and a hydroxyl group to cytosine, resulting in 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) respectively. In contrast, the abundance and the functional implications of these modifications in invertebrate model organisms such as the honey bee (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) and the fruit fly (<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>) are not well understood. Here we show that both adult honey bees and fruit flies ...[more]