Recipe for a Busy Bee: MicroRNAs in Honey Bee Caste Determination

Identification of microRNAs expressed in two mosquito vectors, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus

(2012) Rebecca L Skalsky et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Royalactin induces queen differentiation in honeybees

(2011) Masaki Kamakura   NATURE

The four hexamerin genes in the honey bee: structure, molecular evolution and function deduced from expression patterns in queens, workers and drones

(2010) Juliana R Martins et al.   BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

MicroRNAs and gene regulatory networks: managing the impact of noise in biological systems

(2010) H. Herranz et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Next-generation small RNA sequencing for microRNAs profiling in the honey beeApis mellifera

(2010) X. Chen et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

MicroRNA Regulation of Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis

(2010) Y. Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Posttranscriptional Regulation of MicroRNA Biogenesis in Animals

(2010) Haruhiko Siomi et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

microRNA miR-275 is indispensable for blood digestion and egg development in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

(2010) B. Bryant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Epigenetics of Royalty

(2010) Alexandra Chittka et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Honey Bee Epigenomes: Differential Methylation of Brain DNA in Queens and Workers

(2010) Frank Lyko et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

MicroRNA expression profiling during the life cycle of the silkworm (Bombyx mori)

(2009) Shiping Liu et al.   BMC GENOMICS

MicroRNAs: Target Recognition and Regulatory Functions

(2009) David P. Bartel   CELL

Are Bigger Brains Better?

(2009) Lars Chittka et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

miR-184 Has Multiple Roles in Drosophila Female Germline Development

(2009) Nicola Iovino et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

IAPV, a bee-affecting virus associated with Colony Collapse Disorder can be silenced by dsRNA ingestion

(2009) E. Maori et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Transgenic microRNA inhibition with spatiotemporal specificity in intact organisms

(2009) Carlos M Loya et al.   NATURE METHODS

DNA methylation is widespread and associated with differential gene expression in castes of the honeybee, Apis mellifera

(2009) N. Elango et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

SOAP: short oligonucleotide alignment program

(2008) R. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Argonaute Loading Improves the 5′ Precision of Both MicroRNAs and Their miRNA∗ Strands in Flies

(2008) Hervé Seitz et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

DNA methylation is widespread across social Hymenoptera

(2008) Marcus R. Kronforst et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Multiple Notch signaling events control Drosophila CNS midline neurogenesis, gliogenesis and neuronal identity

(2008) S. R. Wheeler et al.   DEVELOPMENT

MeCP2-dependent repression of an imprinted miR-184 released by depolarization

(2008) Tasuku Nomura et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

The insulin signaling pathway in honey bee (Apis mellifera) caste development — differential expression of insulin-like peptides and insulin receptors in queen and worker larvae

(2008) Sergio Vicente de Azevedo et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Nutritional Control of Reproductive Status in Honeybees via DNA Methylation

(2008) R. Kucharski et al.   SCIENCE