[HTML][HTML] RNA m6A modification functions in larval development and caste differentiation in honeybee (Apis mellifera)

M Wang, Y Xiao, Y Li, X Wang, S Qi, Y Wang, L Zhao… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Genetically identical female honeybee larvae with different diets develop into sterile workers
or fertile queens. It remains unknown whether the reversible RNA N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 …

Active genic machinery for epigenetic RNA modifications in bees

L Bataglia, ZLP Simões, FMF Nunes - Insect Molecular Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Epitranscriptomics is an emerging field of investigation dedicated to the study of post‐
transcriptional RNA modifications. RNA methylations regulate RNA metabolism and …

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

S Foret, R Kucharski, M Pellegrini… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
In honey bees (Apis mellifera), the development of a larva into either a queen or worker
depends on differential feeding with royal jelly and involves epigenomic modifications by …

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

YY Shi, ZY Huang, ZJ Zeng, ZL Wang, XB Wu, WY Yan - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Young larvae of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) are totipotent; they can become
either queens (reproductives) or workers (largely sterile helpers). DNA methylation has been …

N6-adenosine (m6A) mRNA methylation is required for Tribolium castaneum development and reproduction

Y Jiao, SR Palli - Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Gene expression is regulated at various levels, including post-transcriptional mRNA
modifications, where m 6 A methylation is the most common modification of mRNA. The m 6 …

[HTML][HTML] The honey bee epigenomes: differential methylation of brain DNA in queens and workers

F Lyko, S Foret, R Kucharski, S Wolf… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
In honey bees (Apis mellifera) the behaviorally and reproductively distinct queen and worker
female castes derive from the same genome as a result of differential intake of royal jelly and …

Nutritional control of reproductive status in honeybees via DNA methylation

R Kucharski, J Maleszka, S Foret, R Maleszka - Science, 2008 - science.org
Fertile queens and sterile workers are alternative forms of the adult female honeybee that
develop from genetically identical larvae following differential feeding with royal jelly. We …

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

YY Shi, WY Yan, ZY Huang, ZL Wang, XB Wu… - …, 2013 - Springer
The honey bee is a social insect characterized by caste differentiation, by which a young
larva can develop into either a queen or a worker. Despite possessing the same genome …

The dynamic DNA methylation cycle from egg to sperm in the honey bee Apis mellifera

RA Drewell, EC Bush, EJ Remnant, GT Wong… - …, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
In honey bees (Apis mellifera), the epigenetic mark of DNA methylation is central to the
developmental regulation of caste differentiation, but may also be involved in additional …

DNA methylation affects the lifespan of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) workers–evidence for a regulatory module that involves vitellogenin expression but is …

CAM Cardoso-Júnior, KR Guidugli-Lazzarini… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The canonic regulatory module for lifespan of honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers involves a
mutual repressor relationship between juvenile hormone (JH) and vitellogenin (Vg) …