Making a queen: an epigenetic analysis of the robustness of the honeybee (Apis mellifera ) queen developmental pathway

How epigenetic mutations can affect genetic evolution: Model and mechanism

(2013) Filippos D. Klironomos et al.   BIOESSAYS

Epigenomics and the concept of degeneracy in biological systems

(2013) R. Maleszka et al.   Briefings in Functional Genomics

Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality

(2013) D. F. Simola et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Standard methods for rearing and selection ofApis melliferaqueens

(2013) Ralph Büchler et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

TopHat2: accurate alignment of transcriptomes in the presence of insertions, deletions and gene fusions

(2013) Daehwan Kim et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The effects of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queen reproductive potential on colony growth

(2012) J. Rangel et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

(2012) Ben Langmead et al.   NATURE METHODS

Genomewide analysis indicates that queen larvae have lower methylation levels in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

(2012) Yuan Yuan Shi et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

DNA methylation dynamics, metabolic fluxes, gene splicing, and alternative phenotypes in honey bees

(2012) S. Foret et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The extended evolutionary synthesis and the role of soft inheritance in evolution

(2012) T. E. Dickins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

‘Leveling’ the playing field for analyses of single-base resolution DNA methylomes

(2012) Matthew D. Schultz et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Development and evolution of caste dimorphism in honeybees - a modeling approach

(2012) Olof Leimar et al.   Ecology and Evolution

BSmooth: from whole genome bisulfite sequencing reads to differentially methylated regions

(2012) Kasper D Hansen et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Bismark: a flexible aligner and methylation caller for Bisulfite-Seq applications

(2011) Felix Krueger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Differential expression in RNA-seq: A matter of depth

(2011) S. Tarazona et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Larval and nurse worker control of developmental plasticity and the evolution of honey bee queen-worker dimorphism

(2011) T. A. LINKSVAYER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

IRS and TOR nutrient-signaling pathways act via juvenile hormone to influence honey bee caste fate

(2011) N. S. Mutti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Direct effect of acaricides on pathogen loads and gene expression levels in honey bees Apis mellifera

(2011) Humberto Boncristiani et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Royalactin induces queen differentiation in honeybees

(2011) Masaki Kamakura   NATURE

KOBAS 2.0: a web server for annotation and identification of enriched pathways and diseases

(2011) Chen Xie et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Diet and Cell Size Both Affect Queen-Worker Differentiation through DNA Methylation in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera, Apidae)

(2011) Yuan Yuan Shi et al.   PLoS One

Genes involved in convergent evolution of eusociality in bees

(2011) S. H. Woodard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Insects as innovative models for functional studies of DNA methylation

(2011) Frank Lyko et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

The physical, insemination, and reproductive quality of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)

(2010) Deborah A. Delaney et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Epigenetic integration of environmental and genomic signals in honey bees: the critical interplay of nutritional, brain and reproductive networks

(2010) Ryszard Maleszka   Epigenetics

Epigenomic communication systems in humans and honey bees: From molecules to behavior

(2010) George L. Gabor Miklos et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

A survey of honey bee colony losses in the United States, fall 2008 to spring 2009

(2010) Dennis vanEngelsdorp et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation

(2010) Cole Trapnell et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

DNA methylation is widespread across social Hymenoptera

(2008) Marcus R. Kronforst et al.   CURRENT 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

Nutritional Control of Reproductive Status in Honeybees via DNA Methylation

(2008) R. Kucharski et al.   SCIENCE