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Development of Multiple Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers for Ceratina calcarata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Using Genome-Wide Analysis [PDF]
, 2016 The small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata (Robertson), is a widespread native pollinator across eastern North America. The behavioral ecology and nesting biology of C.
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Lower Termite Associations with Microbes: Synergy, Protection, and Interplay
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Lower-termites are one of the best studied symbiotic systems in insects. Their ability to feed on a nitrogen-poor, wood-based diet with help from symbiotic microbes has been under investigation for almost a century.
Brittany Faye Peterson, Michael E Scharf
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INSIGHTS OF CASTE DETERMINATIONS IN SOCIAL INSECTS [PDF]
Acta Scientifica Malaysia, 2022 Eusocial insects display caste structures in which reproductive ability is possessed by a single or a few queens while all other colony members act as workers.
Md. Mamunur Rahman +3 more
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Insights into DNA hydroxymethylation in the honeybee from in-depth analyses of TET dioxygenase [PDF]
Open Biology, 2014 In mammals, a family of TET enzymes producing oxidized forms of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) plays an important role in modulating DNA demethylation dynamics. In contrast, nothing is known about the function of a single TET orthologue present in invertebrates.
Marek Wojciechowski +6 more
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Sociobiology, 2023 Insects and fungi are abundant in many environments and often interact. However, little information exists on the fungal infestation of insect eggs. Here, we report an entomogenous fungus similar to Hormiscioideus filamentosus (Blackweel & Kimbrough ...
Ana Maria Costa-Leonardo, Vanelize Janei
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Social-insect fungus farming [PDF]
Current Biology, 2006 Which social insects rear their own food? Growing fungi for food has evolved twice in social insects: once in new-world ants about 50 million years ago; and once in old-world termites between 24 and 34 million years ago [1,2]. The termites domesticated a single fungal lineage — the extant basidiomycete genus Termitomyces — whereas the ants are ...
Aanen, D.K., Boomsma, J.J.
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Insects, 2018 One of the first tasks of worker honey bees (Apis mellifera) during their lifetime is to feed the larval offspring. In brief, young workers (nurse bees) secrete a special food jelly that contains a large amount of unique major royal jelly proteins (MRJPs)
Paul Winkler, Frank Sieg, Anja Buttstedt
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Transitional Complexity of Social Insect Immunity [PDF]
, 2016 Genomic analyses between insects are often conducted by comparing host genomes to that of Drosophila. For honey bees, this led to the claim that the evolutionary transition to eusociality resulted in a reduction of immunity-related genes.
Bos, N., Otani, S., Yek, S.H.
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Molecular structure and diversity of PBAN/Pyrokinin family peptides in ants
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2012 Neuropeptides are the largest group of insect hormones. They are produced in the central and peripheral nervous systems and affect insect development, reproduction, feeding and behavior. A variety of neuropeptide families have been identified in insects.
Man-Yeon eChoi, Robert K. Vander Meer
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Insects, 2020 Natural selection should favor the transfer of immune competence from one generation to the next in a context-dependent manner. Transgenerational immune priming (TGIP) is expected to evolve when species exploit pathogen-rich environments and exhibit ...
Erin L. Cole +4 more
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