Eye can see clearly now: Identifying the locus associated with a white-eye mutation in honey bees (Apis mellifera).

doi:10.1111/imb.70019

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Eye can see clearly now: Identifying the locus associated with a white-eye mutation in honey bees (Apis mellifera).

Insect molecular biology - 1 Apr 2026

Shultz Riley R, Ryals Dylan K, Patterson Phillip, Nixon Jonathan M, Gilchrist Izaak R, Harpur Brock A

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In insects, eye pigmentation is vital for various adaptive functions, including foraging, mating and predator avoidance. Due to its visible and often heritable variation, altered eye pigmentation in mutants provides an excellent model for studying biosynthetic pathways and identifying new genes involved in pigmentation. Eye mutants can also be valuable in science communication as they offer simplified examples to...

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Animals
Bees
Pigmentation
Male
Mutation
Female

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PMID: 41317015
DOI: 10.1111/imb.70019
PMCID: PMC12955342

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