Genome-wide analysis of alternative reproductive phenotypes in honeybee workers

Darwin's special difficulty: the evolution of “neuter insects” and current theory

(2010) Francis L. W. Ratnieks et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Individual Variation in Pheromone Response Correlates with Reproductive Traits and Brain Gene Expression in Worker Honey Bees

(2010) Sarah D. Kocher et al.   PLoS One

E-β-Ocimene, a Volatile Brood Pheromone Involved in Social Regulation in the Honey Bee Colony (Apis mellifera)

(2010) Alban Maisonnasse et al.   PLoS One

Brain transcriptomic analysis in paper wasps identifies genes associated with behaviour across social insect lineages

(2010) A. L. Toth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Neuropeptide Regulators of  Juvenile Hormone Synthesis

(2009) R. J. Weaver et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Regulation of brain gene expression in honey bees by brood pheromone

(2009) C. Alaux et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

The Genetic Basis of Transgressive Ovary Size in Honeybee Workers

(2009) T. A. Linksvayer et al.   GENETICS

Mass spectrometric profiling of (neuro)-peptides in the worker honeybee, Apis mellifera

(2009) Bart Boerjan et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Quantitative peptidomics reveal brain peptide signatures of behavior

(2009) A. Brockmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Honey bee aggression supports a link between gene regulation and behavioral evolution

(2009) C. Alaux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Adipokinetic hormone signaling through the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor modulates egg-laying in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2009) M. Lindemans et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomic analysis of post-mating changes in the honey bee queen (Apis mellifera)

(2008) Sarah D Kocher et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Four Quantitative Trait Loci That Influence Worker Sterility in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

(2008) P. R. Oxley et al.   GENETICS

Genome-wide analysis of genes related to ovary activation in worker honey bees

(2008) G. J. Thompson et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

Expression analysis of putative vitellogenin and lipophorin receptors in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and workers

(2008) Karina Rosa Guidugli-Lazzarini et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

High-throughput functional annotation and data mining with the Blast2GO suite

(2008) S. Gotz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Neuropeptide Receptor Transcriptome Reveals Unidentified Neuroendocrine Pathways

(2008) Naoki Yamanaka et al.   PLoS One

Nutritional Control of Reproductive Status in Honeybees via DNA Methylation

(2008) R. Kucharski et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of Selection for Honey Bee Worker Reproduction on Foraging Traits

(2008) Benjamin P Oldroyd et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Altruism in insect societies and beyond: voluntary or enforced?

(2007) F RATNIEKS et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION