Convergent and complementary selection shaped gains and losses of eusociality in sweat bees

BM Jones, BER Rubin, O Dudchenko… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Sweat bees have repeatedly gained and lost eusociality, a transition from individual to group
reproduction. Here we generate chromosome-length genome assemblies for 17 species …

The diverse roles of insulin signaling in insect behavior

AA Weger, CC Rittschof - Frontiers in Insect Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In insects and other animals, nutrition-mediated behaviors are modulated by communication
between the brain and peripheral systems, a process that relies heavily on the insulin/insulin …

Co-expression gene networks and machine-learning algorithms unveil a core genetic toolkit for reproductive division of labour in rudimentary insect societies

E Favreau, KS Geist, CDR Wyatt, AL Toth… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The evolution of eusociality requires that individuals forgo some or all their own reproduction
to assist the reproduction of others in their group, such as a primary egg-laying queen. A …

Meta-analysis of public RNA sequencing data revealed potential key genes associated with reproductive division of labor in social hymenoptera and termites

K Toga, H Bono - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Eusociality in insects has evolved independently many times. One of the most notable
characteristics of eusociality is the reproductive division of labor. In social insects, the …

Comparative Evolutionary Genomics in Insects

B Feldmeyer, E Bornberg-Bauer, E Dohmen… - … Genomics: Methods and …, 2024 - Springer
Genome sequencing quality, in terms of both read length and accuracy, is constantly
improving. By combining long-read sequencing technologies with various scaffolding …

Meta-analysis of public RNA sequencing data of queens and workers in social Hymenoptera and termites

K Toga, H Bono - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Eusociality in insects has evolved independently many times. One of the most notable
characteristics of eusociality is the reproductive division of labor. In social insects, the …

[PDF][PDF] Functional basis of the fecundity-longevity reversal in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus

M Choppin - 2022 - openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de
The process of aging is an evolutionary incongruity. Life-history traits such as lifespan and
reproduction are traded-off in most living organisms. Social insects challenge this view as …