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Size-dependent foraging gene expression and behavioral caste differentiation in Bombus ignitus

BMC Research Notes, 2009
Background In eusocial hymenopteran insects, foraging genes, members of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase family, are considered to contribute to division of labor through behavioral caste differentiation.
Yokoyama Jun, Ohtsuki Hajime, Kodaira Yosuke, Kawata Masakado   +3 more
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Linking Genes and Brain Development of Honeybee Workers: A Whole-Transcriptome Approach. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Honeybees live in complex societies whose capabilities far exceed those of the sum of their single members. This social synergism is achieved mainly by the worker bees, which form a female caste.
Christina Vleurinck, Stephan Raub, David Sturgill, Brian Oliver, Martin Beye   +4 more
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Characterization and distribution of Pogonomyrmex harvester ant lineages with genetic caste determination. [PDF]

, 2007
Genetic caste determination has been described in two populations of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants, each comprising a pair of interbreeding lineages.
Cahan, S.H., Keller, L., Schwander, T.
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Gene diversity among some endogamous population of Amravati District, Maharashtra, India. [PDF]

, 2010
The present work deals with the distribution of ABO, Rh and sickling alleles as markers to study the genetic structure and micro-demarcation among castes and tribal populations from the Amravati district of Maharashtra.
M. M. Baig, Nandkishor E. Warghat, Rupali P. Tekade   +2 more
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Getting more than a fair share: nutrition of worker larvae related to social parasitism in the Cape honey bee Apis mellifera capensis [PDF]

, 2002
Besides activation of ovaries and thelytokous reproduction of Cape workers, larval nutrition is an important aspect in parasitism of the African honey bee.
Allsopp, M.H., Beekman, M., Boot, W.J., Calis, J.N.M.   +3 more
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Vitellogenin Underwent Subfunctionalization to Acquire Caste and Behavioral Specific Expression in the Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus [PDF]

, 2013
PMCID: PMC3744404This is an open-access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose.
A Bourke, A Dolezal, A Khila, A Li, A Löytynoja, A Stamatakis, A Toth, A Tóth, AFG Bourke, C Holt, C Kent, C Lucas, C Smith, C Smith, C Smith, CM Nelson, CS Moreau, D Bates, D Cardoen, D Gordon, DS Marco Antonio, EO Wilson, G Suen, GE Robinson, GV Amdam, GV Amdam, GV Amdam, H Havukainen, H Lin, J Hancock, J Wang, JD Thompson, Jianzhi Zhang, JT Jackson, K Crailsheim, K Ingram, K Ingram, K Katoh, KJ Livak, Laurent Keller, M Andersson, M Corona, M Hawkins, M Piulachs, M Scharf, MH Haydak, Miguel Corona, N Franks, N Goto, Oksana Riba-Grognuz, P Babin, R Acher, R Bonasio, R Gadagkar, R Page, Romain A. Studer, Romain Libbrecht, S Blank, S Camazine, S Capella-Gutiérrez, S Capella-Gutiérrez, S Cardinal, S Khalil, S Lewis, S Nygaard, T Cremonez, T Fujita, T Junier, T Trenczek, W Engels, W Rutz, Y Ben-Shahar, Y Wurm, Y Wurm, Yannick Wurm, Z Yang   +75 more
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Soldier Caste-Specific Protein 1 Is Involved in Soldier Differentiation in Termite Reticulitermes aculabialis

Insects, 2022
Termite soldiers are a unique caste among social insects, and their differentiation can be induced by Juvenile hormone (JH) from workers through two molts (worker–presoldier–soldier).
Zhiwei Wu, Yunliang Du, Zhenya Li, Ruiyao Guo, Yiying Li, Jizhen Wei, Xinming Yin, Lijuan Su   +7 more
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Biased gene expression in early honeybee larval development [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Female larvae of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) develop into either queens or workers depending on nutrition. This nutritional stimulus triggers different developmental trajectories, resulting in adults that differ from each other in ...
Cameron, RC, Dearden, PK, Duncan, EJ
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Genome-Wide Differential DNA Methylation in Reproductive, Morphological, and Visual System Differences Between Queen Bee and Worker Bee (Apis mellifera)

Frontiers in Genetics, 2020
There are many differences in external morphology and internal physiology between the Apis mellifera queen bee and worker bee, some of which are relevant to beekeeping production.
Hongfang Wang, Zhenguo Liu, Ying Wang, Lanting Ma, Weixing Zhang, Baohua Xu   +5 more
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Transcriptomics on Social Interactions in Termites: Effects of Soldier Presence

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The organization of social insect colonies requires sophisticated mechanisms to regulate caste composition according to colony demands. In termites, the soldier caste is responsible for the inhibition of soldier differentiation, but the mechanism ...
Masatoshi Matsunami, Masatoshi Matsunami, Dai Watanabe, Dai Watanabe, Kokuto Fujiwara, Yoshinobu Hayashi, Yoshinobu Hayashi, Shuji Shigenobu, Toru Miura, Toru Miura, Kiyoto Maekawa, Kiyoto Maekawa   +11 more
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