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Adam J Bewick, Kevin J Vogel, Allen J Moore, Robert J Schmitz
The paper examines DNA methylation patterns across insect species to test if it correlates with sociality, finding widespread methylation but no evolutionary dependency between methylation and social behavior.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2016Evolutionary Biology
Adam J Bewick, Lexiang Ji, Chad E Niederhuth, Eva-Maria Willing, Brigitte T Hofmeister, Xiuling Shi, Li Wang, Zefu Lu, Nicholas A Rohr, Benjamin Hartwig, Christiane Kiefer, Roger B Deal, Jeremy Schmutz, Jane Grimwood, Hume Stroud, , Robert J Schmitz
The paper investigates the origin and evolutionary consequences of gene body DNA methylation by studying the loss of this feature in two angiosperms, finding that CMT3 is essential for its establishment.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jul 25, 2016Peer-reviewedPlant Biology
Chad E Niederhuth, Adam J Bewick, Lexiang Ji, Magdy Alabady, Kyung Do Kim, Justin T Page, Qing Li, Nicholas A Rohr, Aditi Rambani, John M Burke, Josh A Udall, Chiedozie Egesi, Jeremy Schmutz, Jane Grimwood, Scott A Jackson, , Robert J Schmitz
This study compares DNA methylation patterns across 34 angiosperm species, revealing widespread variation in methylation patterns linked to evolutionary and life history traits.
bioRxiv · May 30, 2016Plant Biology
Michael Seymour, Lexiang Ji, Alex M Santos, Masayuki Kamei, Takahiko Sasaki, Evelina Y Basenko, Robert J Schmitz, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zachary A Lewis
This study shows that Histone H1 in Neurospora crassa limits DNA methylation by affecting the accessibility of the DNA methylation machinery.
bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2016Genomics
Adam J Bewick, Brigitte T Hofmeister, Kevin J Lee, Xiaoyu Zhang, Dave W Hall, Robert J Schmitz
FASTmC provides predictive models to estimate DNA methylation without a reference genome, using whole genome bisulfite sequencing data from as few as several thousand short-reads.
bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2015Bioinformatics
Christopher B Cunningham, Lexiang Ji, R. Axel W Wiberg, Jennifer M Shelton, Elizabeth C McKinney, Darren J Parker, Richard B Meagher, Kyle M Benowitz, Eileen M Roy-Zokan, Michael G Ritchie, Susan J Brown, Robert J Schmitz, Allen J Moore
The paper presents the genome and methylome of Nicrophorus vespilloides, a subsocial beetle, to investigate genomic influences on social behavior and DNA methylation in non-hymenopteran insects.
Genome Biology and Evolution · Oct 9, 2015Peer-reviewedGenomics