Parent of origin gene expression in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, supports Haig's kinship theory for the evolution of genomic imprinting.
H. Marshall, J. S. van Zweden, A. Van Geystelen, K. Benaets, F. Wäckers, E. B. Mallon, T. Wenseleers
The paper tests Haig's kinship theory for genomic imprinting in bumblebees, finding balanced maternally and paternally biased expressed alleles, with strong support for the theory.
bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2020Evolutionary Biology