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View article: Convergent and complementary selection shaped gains and losses of eusociality in sweat bees
Convergent and complementary selection shaped gains and losses of eusociality in sweat bees Open
View article: The genomic basis of army ant chemosensory adaptations
The genomic basis of army ant chemosensory adaptations Open
The evolution of mass raiding has allowed army ants to become dominant arthropod predators in the tropics. Although a century of research has led to many discoveries about behavioural, morphological and physiological adaptations in army an…
View article: Convergent selection on hormone signaling shaped social evolution in bees
Convergent selection on hormone signaling shaped social evolution in bees Open
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 and identify genomic signatures of evolutionary trade-offs ass…
View article: Individual differences in honey bee behavior enabled by plasticity in brain gene regulatory networks
Individual differences in honey bee behavior enabled by plasticity in brain gene regulatory networks Open
Understanding the regulatory architecture of phenotypic variation is a fundamental goal in biology, but connections between gene regulatory network (GRN) activity and individual differences in behavior are poorly understood. We characteriz…
View article: Author response: Individual differences in honey bee behavior enabled by plasticity in brain gene regulatory networks
Author response: Individual differences in honey bee behavior enabled by plasticity in brain gene regulatory networks Open
View article: Individual differences in honey bee behavior enabled by plasticity in brain gene regulatory networks
Individual differences in honey bee behavior enabled by plasticity in brain gene regulatory networks Open
Understanding the regulatory architecture of phenotypic variation is a fundamental goal in biology, but connections between gene regulatory network (GRN) activity and individual differences in behavior are poorly understood. We characteriz…
View article: The transcriptomic signature of low aggression honey bees resembles a response to infection
The transcriptomic signature of low aggression honey bees resembles a response to infection Open
Background: Behavior reflects an organism's health status. Many organisms display a generalized suite of behaviors that indicate infection or predict infection susceptibility. We apply this concept to honey bee aggression, a behavior that …
View article: The transcriptomic signature of low aggression in honey bees resembles a response to infection
The transcriptomic signature of low aggression in honey bees resembles a response to infection Open
View article: The transcriptomic signature of low aggression honey bees resembles a response to infection
The transcriptomic signature of low aggression honey bees resembles a response to infection Open
Background: Behavior reflects an organism's health status. Many organisms display a generalized suite of behaviors that indicate infection or predict infection susceptibility. We apply this concept to honey bee aggression, a behavior that …
View article: Transcriptomic evidence connecting low aggression to disease risk in honey bees
Transcriptomic evidence connecting low aggression to disease risk in honey bees Open
Background: Many organisms display a generalized suite of behaviors that indicate infection or predict infection susceptibility. We apply this concept to honey bee aggression, a behavior that has been associated with positive health outcom…
View article: Transcriptomic evidence connecting low aggression to disease risk in honey bees
Transcriptomic evidence connecting low aggression to disease risk in honey bees Open
Background: Many organisms display a generalized suite of behaviors that indicate infection or predict infection susceptibility. We apply this concept to honey bee aggression, a behavior that has been associated with positive health outcom…
View article: Rate variation in the evolution of non-coding DNA associated with social evolution in bees
Rate variation in the evolution of non-coding DNA associated with social evolution in bees Open
The evolutionary origins of eusociality represent increases in complexity from individual to caste-based, group reproduction. These behavioural transitions have been hypothesized to go hand in hand with an increased ability to regulate whe…
View article: MOESM1 of The transcriptomic signature of low aggression in honey bees resembles a response to infection
MOESM1 of The transcriptomic signature of low aggression in honey bees resembles a response to infection Open
Additional file 1. This file contains complete lists of differentially expressed genes in the brain (Table S1), fat body (Table S2), and midgut (Table S3), GO term lists in the brain (Table S4) and fat body (Table S5), pathogen data for th…
View article: Supplementary tables from Rate variation in the evolution of non-coding DNA associated with social evolution in bees.
Supplementary tables from Rate variation in the evolution of non-coding DNA associated with social evolution in bees. Open
The evolutionary origins of eusociality represent increases in complexity from individual to caste-based, group reproduction. These behavioural transitions have been hypothesized to go hand in hand with an increased ability to regulate whe…
View article: Supplementary tables from Rate variation in the evolution of non-coding DNA associated with social evolution in bees
Supplementary tables from Rate variation in the evolution of non-coding DNA associated with social evolution in bees Open
The evolutionary origins of eusociality represent increases in complexity from individual to caste-based, group reproduction. These behavioural transitions have been hypothesized to go hand in hand with an increased ability to regulate whe…
View article: Rate variation in the evolution of non-coding DNA associated with social evolution in bees
Rate variation in the evolution of non-coding DNA associated with social evolution in bees Open
The evolutionary origins of eusociality represent increases in complexity from individual to caste-based, group reproduction. These behavioral transitions have been hypothesized to go hand-in-hand with an increased ability to regulate when…
View article: The genetic basis of a social polymorphism in halictid bees
The genetic basis of a social polymorphism in halictid bees Open
The emergence of eusociality represents a major evolutionary transition from solitary to group reproduction. The most commonly studied eusocial species, honey bees and ants, represent the behavioral extremes of social evolution but lack cl…
View article: Social insect colony size is correlated with rates of substitution and DNA repair gene evolution
Social insect colony size is correlated with rates of substitution and DNA repair gene evolution Open
Larger numbers of germline cell divisions can increase the number of mutations inherited by offspring. Therefore, in systems where the number of offspring is dependent on the number of germline cell divisions, a higher overall rate of mole…
View article: Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts
Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts Open
Social interactions can facilitate transmission of microbes between individuals, reducing variation in gut communities within social groups. Thus, the evolution of social behaviours and symbiont community composition have the potential to …
View article: Table S2 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts
Table S2 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts Open
Statistical comparisons of core taxa in social and solitary samples.
View article: Table S4 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts
Table S4 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts Open
Shotgun sequencing sample information.
View article: Table S1 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts
Table S1 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts Open
Amplicon sequencing sample information.
View article: Table S5 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts.
Table S5 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts. Open
Summary of all supervised learning analyses conducted.
View article: Table S5 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts
Table S5 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts Open
Summary of all supervised learning analyses conducted.
View article: Table S4 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts.
Table S4 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts. Open
Shotgun sequencing sample information.
View article: Table S3 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts
Table S3 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts Open
Full OTU table.
View article: Table S3 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts.
Table S3 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts. Open
Full OTU table.
View article: Table S1 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts.
Table S1 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts. Open
Amplicon sequencing sample information.
View article: Table S2 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts.
Table S2 from Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of <i>Sodalis</i> (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts. Open
Statistical comparisons of core taxa in social and solitary samples.
View article: Mutualistic acacia-ants show that specialized bacteria are not required for the evolution of herbivory
Mutualistic acacia-ants show that specialized bacteria are not required for the evolution of herbivory Open
Acacia-ant mutualists in the genus Pseudomyrmex nest obligately in acacia plants and, through stable isotope analysis, we show that they are among the strictest of herbivores, feeding exclusively from their hosts. The diets of herbivorous …