During times of rapid environmental change, survival of most vertebrate populations
depends on their phenomic plasticity. Although differential gene-expression and post …

ABSTRACT A group of homologous nucleic acid modification enzymes called Dnmt2,
Trdmt1, Pmt1, DnmA, and Ehmet in different model organisms catalyze the transfer of a …

Background Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) is becoming an increasingly
accessible technique, used widely for both fundamental and disease-oriented research …

DNA methylation contributes to gene and transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes, and
therefore has been hypothesized to facilitate the evolution of plastic traits such as sociality in …

Around 150 million years ago, eusocial termites evolved from within the cockroaches, 50
million years before eusocial Hymenoptera, such as bees and ants, appeared. Here, we …

Queens and workers of eusocial Hymenoptera are considered homologous to the
reproductive and brood care phases of an ancestral subsocial life cycle. However, the …

Social insects are emerging models to study how gene regulation affects behavior because
their colonies comprise individuals with the same genomes but greatly different behavioral …

The hypothesis that eusociality originated once in Vespidae has shaped interpretation of
social evolution for decades and has driven the supposition that preimaginal …

Highlights•The IIS is the core pathway underlying caste determination.•The pathway can be
regulated by genes, nutrition, and other pathways.•Epigenetics mechanisms have been …

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