Abundant small RNAs in the reproductive tissues and eggs of the honey bee, Apis mellifera
Abstract Background Polyandrous social insects such as the honey bee are prime candidates for parental manipulation of gene expression in offspring.Although there is good evidence for parent-of-origin effects in honey bees the epigenetic mechanisms that underlie these effects remain a mystery.Small RNA molecules such as miRNAs, piRNAs and siRNAs pl