Gene_locus Report for: 9hyme-e2b493

(Below N is a link to NCBI taxonomic web page and E link to ESTHER at designed phylum.)
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Title: Genomic comparison of the ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator
Bonasio R, Zhang G, Ye C, Mutti NS, Fang X, Qin N, Donahue G, Yang P, Li Q and Liebig J <6 more author(s)> Bonasio R, Zhang G, Ye C, Mutti NS, Fang X, Qin N, Donahue G, Yang P, Li Q, Li C, Zhang P, Huang Z, Berger SL, Reinberg D, Wang J, Liebig J (- 6)
Ref: Science, 329:1068, 2010 : PubMed
Abstract


ESTHER: Bonasio_2010_Science_329_1068
PubMedSearch: Bonasio 2010 Science 329 1068
PubMedID: 20798317
Gene_locus related to this paper: 9hyme-e1zye4, 9hyme-e2a0n6, 9hyme-e2a3j7, 9hyme-e2a4n5, 9hyme-e2a4n6, 9hyme-e2a8v4, 9hyme-e2a9y2, 9hyme-e2acx6, 9hyme-e2adw2, 9hyme-e2adw3, 9hyme-e2adw4, 9hyme-e2adw5, 9hyme-e2adw7, 9hyme-e2adw9, 9hyme-e2adx0, 9hyme-e2ai90, 9hyme-e2ajl7, 9hyme-e2ajl8, 9hyme-e2ajl9, 9hyme-e2am67, 9hyme-e2am68, 9hyme-e2any0, 9hyme-e2ara9, 9hyme-e2axr7, 9hyme-e2b2q4, 9hyme-e2b493, 9hyme-e2bc53, 9hyme-e2bft9, 9hyme-e2bfu1, 9hyme-e2bfu2, 9hyme-e2bi28, 9hyme-e2bn41, 9hyme-e2by80, 9hyme-e2c2j5, camfo-e1zwv0, camfo-e1zxk2, camfo-e1zze7, camfo-e2a1a9, camfo-e2a6b9, camfo-e2a925, camfo-e2af07, camfo-e2af09, camfo-e2ahe1, camfo-e2am62, camfo-e2ap71, camfo-e2aqx6, camfo-e2ar09, camfo-e2arj6, camfo-e2ask6, camfo-e2av24, camfo-e2axp8, camfo-e2az30, camfo-e2b0g1, camfo-e2b1u7, camfo-e2b1v1, harsa-e2b4e6, harsa-e2b4y5, harsa-e2b5u0, harsa-e2b6u3, harsa-e2b8w0, harsa-e2b8w2, harsa-e2b370, harsa-e2b563, harsa-e2bfn3, harsa-e2bh58, harsa-e2bh77, harsa-e2bnc8, harsa-e2bng4, harsa-e2bnh3, harsa-e2btb0, harsa-e2buf0, harsa-e2bva8, harsa-e2bwj6, harsa-e2bwn1, harsa-e2c1r6, harsa-e2c1r7, harsa-e2c5m6, harsa-e2c6m2, harsa-e2c618, camfo-e2ad05, harsa-e2ca28, camfo-e2a8t9, harsa-e2blx5, camfo-e1zxe8, harsa-e2bmi6, harsa-e2c8h0, camfo-e2a7b9, camfo-e1zyd7, camfo-e1zyd8, harsa-e2c2j9, harsa-e2bmu7, camfo-e2ax69, camfo-e2a482, harsa-e2c147

Abstract

The organized societies of ants include short-lived worker castes displaying specialized behavior and morphology and long-lived queens dedicated to reproduction. We sequenced and compared the genomes of two socially divergent ant species: Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator. Both genomes contained high amounts of CpG, despite the presence of DNA methylation, which in non-Hymenoptera correlates with CpG depletion. Comparison of gene expression in different castes identified up-regulation of telomerase and sirtuin deacetylases in longer-lived H. saltator reproductives, caste-specific expression of microRNAs and SMYD histone methyltransferases, and differential regulation of genes implicated in neuronal function and chemical communication. Our findings provide clues on the molecular differences between castes in these two ants and establish a new experimental model to study epigenetics in aging and behavior.