Phenotypic plasticity is ubiquitous and generally regarded as a key mechanism for enabling
organisms to survive in the face of environmental change. Because no organism is infinitely …

Biological invasions constitute a major environmental change driver, affecting conservation,
agriculture and human health. Invasive alien species (IAS) impacts include, alterations of …

Although eusociality evolved independently within several orders of insects, research into
the molecular underpinnings of the transition towards social complexity has been confined …

The regulation of eukaryotic chromatin relies on interactions between many epigenetic
factors, including histone modifications, DNA methylation, and the incorporation of histone …

Although DNA methylation is an important gene regulatory mechanism in mammals, its
function in arthropods remains poorly understood. Studies in eusocial insects have argued …

Winter survival for thousands of species of insects relies on adaptive strategies for cold
hardiness. Two basic mechanisms are widely used (freeze avoidance by deep supercooling …

DNA methylation of transcription units (gene bodies) occurs in the genomes of many animal
and plant species. Phylogenetic persistence of gene body methylation implies biological …

Genomes of eusocial insects code for dramatic examples of phenotypic plasticity and social
organization. We compared the genomes of seven ants, the honeybee, and various solitary …

Background The honey bee is an important model system for increasing understanding of
molecular and neural mechanisms underlying social behaviors relevant to the agricultural …

The parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis is an emerging genetic model for functional
analysis of DNA methylation. Here, we characterize genome-wide methylation at a base-pair …