ReviewEpigenetics2017
Do social insects support Haig's kin theory for the evolution of genomic imprinting?
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- Genome Evolution in Social Insects.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Review
- Intragenomic conflict associated with extreme phenotypic plasticity in queen-worker caste determination in honey bees (Apis mellifera).Genome biology · 2025Article
- A crazy ants' crazy form of reproduction: Causes and consequences.Journal of biosciences · 2024Article
- Examining parent-of-origin effects on transcription and RNA methylation in mediating aggressive behavior in honey bees (Apis mellifera).BMC genomics · 2023Article
- Conservation Study of Imprinted Genes in Maize Triparental Heterozygotic Kernels.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Abundant small RNAs in the reproductive tissues and eggs of the honey bee, Apis mellifera.BMC genomics · 2022Article
- Parent-of-origin effects, allele-specific expression, genomic imprinting and paternal manipulation in social insects.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Review
- The effect of DNA methylation on bumblebee colony development.BMC genomics · 2021Article
- Conserved Imprinted Genes between Intra-Subspecies and Inter-Subspecies Are Involved in Energy Metabolism and Seed Development in Rice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Parent of origin gene expression in the bumblebee,Evolution letters · 2020Article
- Bumblebee Workers Show Differences in Allele-Specific DNA Methylation and Allele-Specific Expression.Genome biology and evolution · 2020Article
- Lineage and Parent-of-Origin Effects in DNA Methylation of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Revealed by Reciprocal Crosses and Whole-Genome Bisulfite Sequencing.Genome biology and evolution · 2020Article
- Methylation and gene expression differences between reproductive and sterile bumblebee workers.Evolution letters · 2019Article
- The effects of the neonicotinoid imidacloprid on gene expression and DNA methylation in the buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
Although numerous imprinted genes have been described in several lineages, the phenomenon of genomic imprinting presents a peculiar evolutionary problem. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain gene imprinting, the most supported being Haig's kinship theory. This theory explains the observed pattern of imprinting and the resulting phenotypes as a competition for resources between related individuals, but despite its relevance it has not been independently tested. Haig's theory predicts that gene imprinting should be present in eusocial insects in many social scenarios. These lineages are therefore ideal for testing both the theory's predictions and the mechanism of gene imprinting. Here we review the behavioral evidence of genomic imprinting in eusocial insects, the evidence of a mechanism for genomic imprinting and finally we evaluate recent results showing parent of origin allele specific expression in honeybees in the light of Haig's theory.
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