DNA methylation in insects

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Field, L. M., Lyko, F., Mandrioli, M. and Prantera, G. 2004. DNA methylation in insects. Insect Molecular Biology. 13 (2), pp. 109-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0962-1075.2004.00470.x

AuthorsField, L. M., Lyko, F., Mandrioli, M. and Prantera, G.
Abstract

Cytosine DNA methylation has been demonstrated in numerous eukaryotic organisms and has been shown to play an important role in human disease. The function of DNA methylation has been studied extensively in vertebrates, but establishing its primary role has proved difficult and controversial. Analysing methylation in insects has indicated an apparent functional diversity that seems to argue against a strict functional conservation. To investigate this hypothesis, we here assess the data reported in four different insect species in which DNA methylation has been analysed more thoroughly: the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the cabbage moth Mamestra brassicae, the peach-potato aphid Myzus persicae and the mealybug Planococcus citri.

KeywordsBiochemistry & Molecular Biology; Entomology
Year of Publication2004
JournalInsect Molecular Biology
Journal citation13 (2), pp. 109-115
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0962-1075.2004.00470.x
PubMed ID15056357
Open accessPublished as non-open access
Funder project or code438
514
Project: 054343
PublisherWiley
ISSN0962-1075

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