Birds do it, bees do it, worms and ciliates do it too: DNA methylation from unexpected corners of the tree of life.
Studies describing intricate patterns of DNA methylation in nematode and ciliate are controversial due to the uncertainty of genomic evolutionary conservation of DNA methylation enzymes.
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D000818:Animals; D003596:Cytosine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000378:metabolism*; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / Q000379:methods*; D016813:Oxytricha / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D017160:Trichinella spiralis / Q000254:growth & development*
D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D003596:Cytosine; D004247:DNA