In honey bees (Apis mellifera) the behaviorally and reproductively distinct queen and worker
female castes derive from the same genome as a result of differential intake of royal jelly and …

In honey bees (Apis mellifera), the development of a larva into either a queen or worker
depends on differential feeding with royal jelly and involves epigenomic modifications by …

Background Epigenetic modification of DNA via methylation is one of the key inventions in
eukaryotic evolution. It provides a source for the switching of gene activities, the …

The recent, unexpected discovery of a functional DNA methylation system in the genome of
the social bee Apis mellifera underscores the potential importance of DNA methylation in …

DNA methylation is a fundamental epigenetic mark known to have wide-ranging effects on
gene regulation in a variety of animal taxa. Comparative genomic analyses can help …

The evolutionary significance of epigenetic inheritance is controversial. While epigenetic
marks such as DNA methylation can affect gene function and change in response to …

The discovery of a family of highly conserved DNA cytosine methylases in honey bees and
other insects suggests that, like mammals, invertebrates possess a mechanism for storing …

The capacity of the honey bee to produce three phenotypically distinct organisms (two
female castes; queens and sterile workers, and haploid male drones) from one genotype …

Fertile queens and sterile workers are alternative forms of the adult female honeybee that
develop from genetically identical larvae following differential feeding with royal jelly. We …

The functional and evolutionary significance of DNA methylation in insect genomes remains
to be resolved. Nasonia is well situated for comparative analyses of DNA methylation and …