Social regulation of insulin signaling and the evolution of eusociality in ants

Caste development and evolution in ants: it's all about size

(2017) Waring Trible et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Caste-biased gene expression in a facultatively eusocial bee suggests a role for genetic accommodation in the evolution of eusociality

(2017) Beryl M. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Drosophila Kruppel homolog 1 represses lipolysis through interaction with dFOXO

(2017) Ping Kang et al.   Scientific Reports

Robust DNA Methylation in the Clonal Raider Ant Brain

(2016) Romain Libbrecht et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

DNA methylation of Kr-h1 is involved in regulating ovary activation in worker honeybees (Apis mellifera)

(2016) M. Kilaso et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Genome, transcriptome and methylome sequencing of a primitively eusocial wasp reveal a greatly reduced DNA methylation system in a social insect

(2016) Daniel S. Standage et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Transcriptomics and neuroanatomy of the clonal raider ant implicate an expanded clade of odorant receptors in chemical communication

(2016) Sean K. McKenzie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gene Expression Dynamics in Major Endocrine Regulatory Pathways along the Transition from Solitary to Social Life in a Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris

(2016) Pavel Jedlička et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs

(2015) Felipe A. Simão et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Interplay of insulin and dopamine signaling pathways in the control of Drosophila melanogaster fitness

(2015) I. Yu. Rauschenbach et al.   Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics

Molecular signatures of plastic phenotypes in two eusocial insect species with simple societies

(2015) Solenn Patalano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Phylogeny and Evolution of Ants

(2014) Philip S. Ward   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

HTSeq--a Python framework to work with high-throughput sequencing data

(2014) S. Anders et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

The Genome of the Clonal Raider Ant Cerapachys biroi

(2014) Peter R. Oxley et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Macrophage A2b Adenosine Receptor Regulates Tissue Insulin Sensitivity

(2014) Hillary Johnston-Cox et al.   PLoS One

Caste-specific RNA editomes in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

(2014) Qiye Li et al.   Nature Communications

Enforcement of Reproductive Synchrony via Policing in a Clonal Ant

(2013) Serafino Teseo et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Adenosine, adenosine receptors and their role in glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism

(2013) Milka Koupenova et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Insulin-like peptides (AmILP1 and AmILP2) differentially affect female caste development in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)

(2013) Y. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Role of Fas-Associated Death Domain-containing Protein (FADD) Phosphorylation in Regulating Glucose Homeostasis: from Proteomic Discovery to Physiological Validation

(2013) Chun Yao et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Insulin/IGF-1-mediated longevity is marked by reduced protein metabolism

(2013) G. J. Stout et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Interplay between insulin signaling, juvenile hormone, and vitellogenin regulates maternal effects on polyphenism in ants

(2013) R. Libbrecht et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vitellogenin Underwent Subfunctionalization to Acquire Caste and Behavioral Specific Expression in the Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus

(2013) Miguel Corona et al.   PLoS Genetics

Transcriptome analyses of primitively eusocial wasps reveal novel insights into the evolution of sociality and the origin of alternative phenotypes

(2013) Pedro G Ferreira et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Eat to reproduce: a key role for the insulin signaling pathway in adult insects

(2013) Liesbeth Badisco et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Insulin-like and IGF-like peptides in the silkmoth Bombyx mori: discovery, structure, secretion, and function

(2013) Akira Mizoguchi et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner

(2012) Alexander Dobin et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Insulin stimulates fibroblast proliferation through calcium-calmodulin-dependent kinase II

(2011) Sara Monaco et al.   CELL CYCLE

Insulin-like peptide genes in honey bee fat body respond differently to manipulation of social behavioral physiology

(2011) K.-A. Nilsen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Alpha cells secrete acetylcholine as a non-neuronal paracrine signal priming beta cell function in humans

(2011) Rayner Rodriguez-Diaz et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Double indexing overcomes inaccuracies in multiplex sequencing on the Illumina platform

(2011) Martin Kircher et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The 14-3-3 proteins in regulation of cellular metabolism

(2011) Rune Kleppe et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The transcription factor Krüppel homolog 1 is linked to hormone mediated social organization in bees

(2010) Hagai Shpigler et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Diacylglycerol-mediated insulin resistance

(2010) Derek M Erion et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Remote Control of Insulin Secretion by Fat Cells in Drosophila

(2009) Charles Géminard et al.   Cell Metabolism

An ecdysteroid-inducible insulin-like growth factor-like peptide regulates adult development of the silkmoth Bombyx mori

(2009) Naoki Okamoto et al.   FEBS Journal

Ovarian development and insulin-signaling pathways during reproductive differentiation in the queenless ponerine ant Diacamma sp.

(2009) Yasukazu Okada et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Prediction of neuropeptide cleavage sites in insects

(2008) Bruce R. Southey et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Expression of Neurexin, Neuroligin, and Their Cytoplasmic Binding Partners in the Pancreatic β-Cells and the Involvement of Neuroligin in Insulin Secretion

(2008) Arthur T. Suckow et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

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

Insulin signaling is involved in the regulation of worker division of labor in honey bee colonies

(2008) S. A. Ament et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An insulin-like peptide regulates egg maturation and metabolism in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

(2008) M. R. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA