Epigenetics as an answer to Darwin’s special difficulty, Part 2: Natural selection of metastable epialleles in honeybee castes

Epigenetics as an answer to Darwin’s special difficulty, Part 2: Natural selection of metastable epialleles in honeybee castes

In a recent perspective in this journal, Brian R. Herb discussed how epigenetics is a possible mechanism to circumvent Charles Darwin’s special difficulty in using natural selection to explain the existence of the sterile-fertile dimorphism in eusocial insects. Darwin’s classic book On the Origin of...

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Main Authors: Douglas Mark Ruden, Pablo E Cingolani, Arko eSen, Wen eQu, Luan eWang, Marie-Claude eSenut, Mark D Garfinkel, Vincent Edward Sollars, Xiangyi eLu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
Behavior
DNA Methylation
Genomics
epigenetics
evolution
eusociality
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2015.00060/full

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