Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
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 epigenetic information that controls heritable states of gene expression. Recent data also show that silencing DNA methylation in young larvae mimics the effects of nutrition on early developmental processes that determine the reproductive fate of honey bee females. We evaluate the impact of these findings on future studies of environmentally-driven phenotypic plasticity in social insects, and discuss how they may help in understanding the nutritional basis of epigenetic reprogramming in humans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1559-2308
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
188-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-1-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Epigenetic integration of environmental and genomic signals in honey bees: the critical interplay of nutritional, brain and reproductive networks.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Evolution Group, ARC Special Research Centre for Molecular Genetics of Development, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. maleszka@rsbs.anu.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't