DNA methylation and chromatin organization in insects: insights from the Ant Camponotus floridanus.

ABSTRACT: Epigenetic information regulates gene function and has important effects on development in eukaryotic organisms. DNA methylation, one such form of epigenetic information, has been implicated in the regulation of gene function in diverse metazoan taxa. In insects, DNA methylation has been shown to play a role in the regulation of gene expression and splicing. However, the functional basis for this role remains relatively poorly understood, and other epigenetic systems likely interact with DNA methylation to affect gene expression. We investigated associations between DNA methylation and histone modifications in the genome of the ant Camponotus floridanus in order to provide insight into how different epigenetic systems interact to affect gene function. We found that many histone modificatio

SUBMITTER: Glastad KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4419788 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature