Paternal knockdown of tRNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase (Dnmt2) increases offspring susceptibility to infection in red flour beetles
N. K. E. Schulz, F. F. Mohamed, L. K. Lo, R. Peuss, M. F. de Buhr, J. Kurtz
This study shows that paternal Dnmt2 knockdown in red flour beetles increases offspring susceptibility to bacterial infection, independent of paternal bacterial exposure.
bioRxiv · Apr 22, 2022Evolutionary Biology