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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Caste development and reproduction: A genome-wide analysis of hallmarks of insect eusociality
Insect Molecular Biology, Volume 15, No. 5, Year 2006
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The honey bee queen and worker castes are a model system for developmental plasticity. We used established expressed sequence tag information for a Gene Ontology based annotation of genes that are differentially expressed during caste development. Metabolic regulation emerged as a major theme, with a caste-specific difference in the expression of oxidoreductases vs. hydrolases. Motif searches in upstream regions revealed group-specific motifs, providing an entry point to cis-regulatory network studies on caste genes. For genes putatively involved in reproduction, meiosis-associated factors came out as highly conserved, whereas some determinants of embryonic axes either do not have clear orthologs (bag of marbles, gurken, torso), or appear to be lacking (trunk) in the bee genome. Our results are the outcome of a first genome-based initiative to provide an annotated framework for trends in gene regulation during female caste differentiation (representing developmental plasticity) and reproduction. © 2006 The Authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Nunes, Francis Morais Franco
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Bitondi, M. M.G.
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Simoes, Z. L.P.
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Lattorff, H. Michael G.
Germany, Halle
Martin-luther-universität Halle-wittenberg
Moritz, Robin F.A.
Germany, Halle
Martin-luther-universität Halle-wittenberg
Evans, Jay D.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Usda Agricultural Research Service
Hartfelder, Klaus Hartmann
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Statistics
Citations: 80
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00696.x
ISSN:
13652583
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Noncommunicable Diseases
Participants Gender
Female