| Title |
A survey of DNA methylation across social insect species, life stages, and castes reveals abundant and caste-associated methylation in a primitively social wasp
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
The Science of Nature, June 2013
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s00114-013-1064-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Susan A. Weiner, David A. Galbraith, Dean C. Adams, Nicole Valenzuela, Fernando B. Noll, Christina M. Grozinger, Amy L. Toth |
| Abstract |
DNA methylation plays an important role in the epigenetic control of developmental and behavioral plasticity, with connections to the generation of striking phenotypic differences between castes (larger, reproductive queens and smaller, non-reproductive workers) in honeybees and ants. Here, we provide the first comparative investigation of caste- and life stage-associated DNA methylation in several species of bees and vespid wasps displaying different levels of social organization. Our results reveal moderate levels of DNA methylation in most bees and wasps, with no clear relationship to the level of sociality. Strikingly, primitively social Polistes dominula paper wasps show unusually high overall DNA methylation and caste-related differences in site-specific methylation. These results suggest DNA methylation may play a role in the regulation of behavioral and physiological differences in primitively social species with more flexible caste differences. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 81 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4 | 5% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 73 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 26% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 20% |
| Researcher | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 6 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 53 | 65% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 16% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 1% |
| Engineering | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 9 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 May 2014.
All research outputs
#4,409,376
of 23,794,258 outputs
Outputs from The Science of Nature
#527
of 2,195 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#36,832
of 198,715 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Science of Nature
#9
of 24 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,794,258 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 80th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,195 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 75% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 198,715 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 80% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 24 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 62% of its contemporaries.