ArticleGenetics1998
Quantitative trait loci for honey bee stinging behavior and body size.
Article in Genetics, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.
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- Single-cell dissection of aggression in honeybee colonies.Nature ecology & evolution · 2023Article
- Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with calmness and gentleness in honey bees using whole-genome sequences.Animal genetics · 2021Article
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- Genomic regions influencing aggressive behavior in honey bees are defined by colony allele frequencies.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- The transcriptomic signature of low aggression in honey bees resembles a response to infection.BMC genomics · 2019Article
- Genotypic trade-off between appetitive and aversive capacities in honeybees.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Early-life experience affects honey bee aggression and resilience to immune challenge.Scientific reports · 2015Article
- Biased Allele Expression and Aggression in Hybrid Honeybees may be Influenced by Inappropriate Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Signaling.Frontiers in genetics · 2015Article
- Individual responsiveness to shock and colony-level aggression in honey bees: evidence for a genetic component.Behavioral ecology and sociobiology · 2014Article
- Manipulation of colony environment modulates honey bee aggression and brain gene expression.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2013Article
- Genes underlying altruism.Biology letters · 2013Article
- Individual lifetime pollen and nectar foraging preferences in bumble bees.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2012Article
- Comparing alternative methods for holding virgin honey bee queens for one week in mailing cages before mating.PloS one · 2012Article
- Fine-scale linkage mapping reveals a small set of candidate genes influencing honey bee grooming behavior in response to Varroa mites.PloS one · 2012Article
- Mixing of honeybees with different genotypes affects individual worker behavior and transcription of genes in the neuronal substrate.PloS one · 2012Article
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Abstract
A study was conducted to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that affect colony-level stinging behavior and individual body size of honey bees. An F1 queen was produced from a cross between a queen of European origin and a drone descended from an African subspecies. Haploid drones from the hybrid queen were individually backcrossed to sister European queens to produce 172 colonies with backcross workers that were evaluated for tendency to sting. Random amplified polymorphic DNA markers were scored from the haploid drone fathers of these colonies. Wings of workers and drones were used as a measure of body size because Africanized bees in the Americas are smaller than European bees. Standard interval mapping and multiple QTL models were used to analyze data. One possible QTL was identified with a significant effect on tendency to sting (LOD 3.57). Four other suggestive QTLs were also observed (about LOD 1.5). Possible QTLs also were identified that affect body size and were unlinked to defensive-behavior QTLs. Two of these were significant (LOD 3.54 and 5.15).
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