ReviewInsects2021
(Epi)Genetic Mechanisms Underlying the Evolutionary Success of Eusocial Insects.
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- EpiBrain: the brain's epigenetic landscape in a snapshot.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The antioxidant system was unexpectedly strongly suppressed in apis mellifera worker bees emerged from larvae reared on combs adulterated with paraffin or stearin.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The eusocial non-code: Unveiling the impact of noncoding RNAs on Hymenoptera eusocial evolution.Non-coding RNA research · 2025Review
- Climate change-induced stress in the honey beeFrontiers in physiology · 2025Review
- The Molecular Substrates of Insect Eusociality.Annual review of genetics · 2024Review
- Pervasive relaxed selection in termite genomes.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Neuromodulators and neuroepigenetics of social behavior in ants.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Review
- Caste Transition and Reversion inBio-protocol · 2023Article
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- Heritable Epigenomic Modifications Influence Stress Resilience and Rapid Adaptations in the Brown Planthopper (International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Altruism and Phenoptosis as Programs Supported by Evolution.Biochemistry. Biokhimiia · 2021Article
- Reproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (Insects · 2021Article
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Abstract
Eusocial insects, such as bees, ants, and wasps of the Hymenoptera and termites of the Blattodea, are able to generate remarkable diversity in morphology and behavior despite being genetically uniform within a colony. Most eusocial insect species display caste structures in which reproductive ability is possessed by a single or a few queens while all other colony members act as workers. However, in some species, caste structure is somewhat plastic, and individuals may switch from one caste or behavioral phenotype to another in response to certain environmental cues. As different castes normally share a common genetic background, it is believed that much of this observed within-colony diversity results from transcriptional differences between individuals. This suggests that epigenetic mechanisms, featured by modified gene expression without changing genes themselves, may play an important role in eusocial insects. Indeed, epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation, histone modifications and non-coding RNAs, have been shown to influence eusocial insects in multiple aspects, along with typical genetic regulation. This review summarizes the most recent findings regarding such mechanisms and their diverse roles in eusocial insects.
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