A survey of DNA methylation across social insect species, life stages, and castes reveals abundant and caste-associated methylation in a primitively social wasp

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dc.contributor.authorWeiner, Susan A.
dc.contributor.authorGalbraith, David A.
dc.contributor.authorAdams, Dean C.
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorNoll, Fernando B. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorGrozinger, Christina M.
dc.contributor.authorToth, Amy L.
dc.contributor.institutionIowa State University
dc.contributor.institutionPennsylvania State University
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:30:04Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:30:04Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-01
dc.description.abstractDNA methylation plays an important role in the epigenetic control of developmental and behavioral plasticity, with connections to the generation of striking phenotypic differences between castes (larger, reproductive queens and smaller, non-reproductive workers) in honeybees and ants. Here, we provide the first comparative investigation of caste- and life stage-associated DNA methylation in several species of bees and vespid wasps displaying different levels of social organization. Our results reveal moderate levels of DNA methylation in most bees and wasps, with no clear relationship to the level of sociality. Strikingly, primitively social Polistes dominula paper wasps show unusually high overall DNA methylation and caste-related differences in site-specific methylation. These results suggest DNA methylation may play a role in the regulation of behavioral and physiological differences in primitively social species with more flexible caste differences. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Iowa State University, Ames, IA
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Entomology Center for Pollinator Research Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Statistics Iowa State University, Ames, IA
dc.description.affiliationDepto. de Zoologia e Botânica IBILCE-UNESP, São José do Rio Preto
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Entomology Iowa State University, Ames, IA
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepto. de Zoologia e Botânica IBILCE-UNESP, São José do Rio Preto
dc.format.extent795-799
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-013-1064-z
dc.identifier.citationNaturwissenschaften, v. 100, n. 8, p. 795-799, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00114-013-1064-z
dc.identifier.issn0028-1042
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-0207-1067
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84880760335
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/76100
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000321787200010
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofNaturwissenschaften
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.789
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,837
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectDNA methylation
dc.subjectEpigenetics
dc.subjectEusociality
dc.subjectHymenoptera
dc.subjectPhenotypic plasticity
dc.subjectVespidae
dc.subjectant
dc.subjectcaste
dc.subjectDNA
dc.subjectentomology
dc.subjecteusociality
dc.subjecthoneybee
dc.subjectmethylation
dc.subjectphenotypic plasticity
dc.subjectphysiology
dc.subjectsocial insect
dc.subjectwasp
dc.subjectApis mellifera
dc.subjectApocrita
dc.subjectApoidea
dc.subjectFormicidae
dc.subjectHexapoda
dc.subjectPolistes
dc.subjectPolistinae
dc.titleA survey of DNA methylation across social insect species, life stages, and castes reveals abundant and caste-associated methylation in a primitively social waspen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights
unesp.author.lattes8347131704153687[5]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-0207-1067[5]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas, São José do Rio Pretopt

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