Bombus terrestris genomic imprinting. Bombus terrestris

Genomic imprinting is the epigenetic phenomenon whereby alleles are expressed based on their inheritance from one specific parent. Bombus terrestris is an suitable species to study genomic imprinting as it has an haplodiploidy sex determination system. A large number of samples was used to distinguish parent-of-origin effects from other effects specific for the family, lineage and individual.