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Paternally-biased gene expression follows kin-selected predictions in female honey bee embryos.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2020
Smith Nicholas M A, Yagound Boris, Remnant Emily J, Foster Charles S P, Buchmann Gabriele, Allsopp Michael H, Kent Clement F, Zayed Amro, Rose Stephen A, Lo Kitty, Ashe Alyson, Harpur Brock A, Beekman Madeleine, Oldroyd Benjamin P
Abstract excerpt
The Kinship Theory of Genomic Imprinting (KTGI) posits that, in species where females mate with multiple males, there is selection for a male to enhance the reproductive success of his offspring at the expense of other males and his mating partner. Reciprocal crosses between honey bee subspecies show parent-of-origin effects for reproductive traits, suggesting that males modify the expression of genes related to...
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