Reply to Soley: DNA methylation marks are stably transferred across generations in honey bees

Boris Yagound^{1

2}, Emily J Remnant³, Gabriele Buchmann^{3

4}, Benjamin P Oldroyd^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; boris.yagound@sydney.edu.au.
² Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
³ Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
⁴ Centre for Plant Genome Engineering, Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁵ Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 14193 Berlin, Germany.

Comment

Boris Yagound et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021.

. 2021 Jul 13;118(28):e2109211118.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2109211118.

Boris Yagound^{1

2}, Emily J Remnant³, Gabriele Buchmann^{3

4}, Benjamin P Oldroyd^{3

5}

¹ Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; boris.yagound@sydney.edu.au.
² Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
³ Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
⁴ Centre for Plant Genome Engineering, Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁵ Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 14193 Berlin, Germany.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

Intergenerational transfer of DNA methylation marks in the honey bee.
Yagound B, Remnant EJ, Buchmann G, Oldroyd BP. Yagound B, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Dec 22;117(51):32519-32527. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2017094117. Epub 2020 Nov 30. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020. PMID: 33257552 Free PMC article.
Still no evidence for transgenerational inheritance or absence of epigenetic reprogramming in the honey bee.
Soley FG. Soley FG. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jul 13;118(28):e2108608118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2108608118. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021. PMID: 34260405 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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