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Gene expression profiles underlying alternative caste phenotypes in a highly eusocial bee, Melipona quadrifasciata.

Insect molecular biology - 1 Feb 2006

Judice C C, Carazzole M F, Festa F, Sogayar M C, Hartfelder K, Pereira G A G

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To evaluate caste-biased gene expression in Melipona quadrifasciata, a stingless bee, we generated 1278 ESTs using Representational Difference Analysis. Most annotated sequences were similar to honey bee genes of unknown function. Only few queen-biased sequences had their putative function assigned by sequence comparison, contrasting with the worker-biased ESTs. The expression of six annotated genes connected to...

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PMID: 16469066
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00605.x

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