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The research team found that common viruses can damage a queen’s ovaries, reducing both her egg-laying rate and the production of methyl oleate, a pheromone that keeps worker bees loyal.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Brands are already reformulating with alternative ingredients like TPO-L, BAPO and methyl benzoylformate, according to industry reports.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Methylation is the name of the chemical process where a tag, a methyl group, is added to a DNA base to alter gene expression.
—New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025
The most common way of doing this is to link a single carbon atom (a methyl group) to the base cytosine.
—ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Brands are already reformulating with alternative ingredients like TPO-L, BAPO and methyl benzoylformate, according to industry reports.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Methylation is the name of the chemical process where a tag, a methyl group, is added to a DNA base to alter gene expression.
—New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025
The most common way of doing this is to link a single carbon atom (a methyl group) to the base cytosine.
—ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025
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“Methyl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/methyl. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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methyl
noun
meth·yl
ˈmeth-əl 
: a chemical group consisting of carbon and hydrogen
Medical Definition
methyl
noun
meth·yl
ˈmeth-əl, British also ˈmē-ˌthīl
: an alkyl group CH3 that is derived from methane by removal of one hydrogen atom
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