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Epigenetic regulation of the honey bee transcriptome: unravelling the nature of methylated genes

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Genomics, October 2009
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Title
Epigenetic regulation of the honey bee transcriptome: unravelling the nature of methylated genes
Published in
BMC Genomics, October 2009
DOI 10.1186/1471-2164-10-472
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Authors

Sylvain Foret, Robert Kucharski, Yvonne Pittelkow, Gabrielle A Lockett, Ryszard Maleszka

Abstract

Epigenetic modification of DNA via methylation is one of the key inventions in eukaryotic evolution. It provides a source for the switching of gene activities, the maintenance of stable phenotypes and the integration of environmental and genomic signals. Although this process is widespread among eukaryotes, both the patterns of methylation and their relevant biological roles not only vary noticeably in different lineages, but often are poorly understood. In addition, the evolutionary origins of DNA methylation in multicellular organisms remain enigmatic. Here we used a new 'epigenetic' model, the social honey bee Apis mellifera, to gain insights into the significance of methylated genes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 6 2%
Portugal 3 1%
Australia 2 <1%
Germany 2 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
New Zealand 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 247 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 55 21%
Researcher 49 18%
Student > Master 32 12%
Student > Bachelor 24 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 23 9%
Other 54 20%
Unknown 29 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 159 60%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 43 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 3%
Environmental Science 5 2%
Neuroscience 4 2%
Other 13 5%
Unknown 34 13%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 17 November 2015.
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#5,846,675
of 22,660,862 outputs
Outputs from BMC Genomics
#2,416
of 10,612 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#27,327
of 92,962 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Genomics
#10
of 29 outputs
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