[HTML][HTML] Genetic past, present, and future of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) in the United States of America

MH Carpenter, BA Harpur - Apidologie, 2021 - Springer
Humans have domesticated hundreds of animal and plant species for thousands of years.
Artwork, archeological finds, recorded accounts, and other primary sources can provide …

[HTML][HTML] Long non-coding RNAs in insects

C Choudhary, S Sharma, KK Meghwanshi, S Patel… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Long-non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcripts of more than 200
nucleotides, which lack protein-coding potential. LncRNAs have been well characterized in …

Genetic and genomic selection in insects as food and feed

T Eriksson, CJ Picard - Journal of Insects as Food and …, 2021 - wageningenacademic.com
This review will summarise existing tools and resources and highlight areas of focus for the
insects as food and feed industry for the production of insects as alternative protein sources …

[HTML][HTML] Neofunctionalization of an ancient domain allows parasites to avoid intraspecific competition by manipulating host behaviour

J Chen, G Fang, L Pang, Y Sheng, Q Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Intraspecific competition is a major force in mediating population dynamics, fuelling
adaptation, and potentially leading to evolutionary diversification. Among the evolutionary …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenomics of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) and implications for evolution of mode of parasitism and viral endogenization

BJ Sharanowski, RD Ridenbaugh, PK Piekarski… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ichneumonoidea is one of the most diverse lineages of animals on the planet with> 48,000
described species and many more undescribed. Parasitoid wasps of this superfamily are …

DNA methylation is not a driver of gene expression reprogramming in young honey bee workers

CAM Cardoso‐Júnior, B Yagound, I Ronai… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of DNA methylation marks within genic intervals, also called gene body
methylation, is an evolutionarily‐conserved epigenetic hallmark of animal and plant …

Peripheral taste detection in honey bees: What do taste receptors respond to?

L Bestea, A Réjaud, J Sandoz… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the neural principles governing taste perception in species that bear
economic importance or serve as research models for other sensory modalities constitutes a …

Neural and molecular mechanisms of biological embedding of social interactions

IM Traniello, GE Robinson - Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Animals operate in complex environments, and salient social information is encoded in the
nervous system and then processed to initiate adaptive behavior. This encoding involves …

Are insect GPCRs ideal next‐generation pesticides: opportunities and challenges

N Birgül Iyison, A Shahraki, K Kahveci… - The FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing human population, combined with low inefficiency and adverse effects of
available pesticides, has magnified the urgent need of developing next‐generation …

[HTML][HTML] Metatranscriptome analysis of sympatric bee species identifies bee virus variants and a new virus, Andrena-associated bee virus-1

KF Daughenbaugh, I Kahnonitch, CC Carey… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bees are important plant pollinators in agricultural and natural ecosystems. High average
annual losses of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in some parts of the world, and …