Do social insects support Haig's kin theory for the evolution of genomic imprinting?
Although numerous imprinted genes have been described in several lineages, the phenomenon of genomic imprinting presents a peculiar evolutionary problem. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain gene imprinting, the most supported being Haig's kinship theory. This theory explains the ob...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Epigenetics |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2017.1348445 |