Differential gene expression and protein abundance evince ontogenetic bias toward castes in a primitively eusocial wasp. [PDF]
Polistes paper wasps are models for understanding conditions that may have characterized the origin of worker and queen castes and, therefore, the origin of paper wasp sociality.
James H Hunt +5 more
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The regulatory role of m6A RNA methylation in insect sexual development: a review [PDF]
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent internal mRNA modification in eukaryotes and serves as a key post-transcriptional regulator in insect development.
Tianxiao Duan +4 more
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Gene expression during larval caste determination and differentiation in intermediately eusocial bumblebees, and a comparative analysis with advanced eusocial honeybees [PDF]
Andrew F G Bourke +2 more
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Coevolution of larval signalling and worker response can trigger developmental caste determination in social insects [PDF]
Jan J Kreider, Ido Pen, Lagos Oviedo
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There is growing evidence that paper wasps’ (Polistes’) fate as workers or reproductive females (gynes) is affected by cues that exist at the larval stage and during eclosion.
Daniel R. Gay, Timothy M. Judd
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Hybridization enables the fixation of selfish queen genotypes in eusocial colonies
A eusocial colony typically consists of two main castes: queens that reproduce and sterile workers that help them. This division of labor, however, is vulnerable to genetic elements that favor the development of their carriers into queens.
Arthur Weyna +2 more
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Caste-biased Expression of fem and Amdsx Genes in Apis mellifera ligustica (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Sex determination and caste differentiation are two crucial processes for morphology building in honeybees. It is unclear whether there is an interaction between these two processes.
Lu-Xia Pan, Fu-Ping Cheng, Zi-Long Wang
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THE DETERMINATION OF SULPHUR IN CAST IRON. [PDF]
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What Kills the Hindgut Flagellates of Lower Termites during the Host Molting Cycle?
Subsocial wood feeding cockroaches in the genus Cryptocercus, the sister group of termites, retain their symbiotic gut flagellates during the host molting cycle, but in lower termites, closely related flagellates die prior to host ecdysis.
Christine A. Nalepa
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Social organization in highly eusocial bees relies upon two important processes: caste differentiation in female larvae, and age polyethism in adult workers. Juvenile Hormone (JH) is a key regulator of both processes.
Diana Vieira Brito +3 more
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