The honeybee as a model insect for developmental genetics

Honeybees are an important component of modern agricultural systems, and a fascinating and scientifically engrossing insect. Honeybees are not commonly used as model systems for understanding development in insects despite their importance in agriculture. Honeybee embryogenesis, while being superfic...

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Published in:Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) N.Y. : 2000), 2017-05, Vol.55 (5), p.n/a
Main Authors: Cridge, A.G., Lovegrove, M.R., Skelly, J.G., Taylor, S.E., Petersen, G.E.L., Cameron, R.C., Dearden, P.K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agronomy
Animals
axis formation
Bees
Bees - embryology
Bees - genetics
Biology
Developmental biology
Developmental genetics
Developmental plasticity
Embryogenesis
Embryonic Development - genetics
Embryonic growth stage
Fruit flies
Genes, Insect
Genetics
honeybee
Insects
Ovaries
Plastic properties
Plasticity
polyphenisms
Sex determination
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Summary:Honeybees are an important component of modern agricultural systems, and a fascinating and scientifically engrossing insect. Honeybees are not commonly used as model systems for understanding development in insects despite their importance in agriculture. Honeybee embryogenesis, while being superficially similar to Drosophila, is molecularly very different, especially in axis formation and sex determination. In later development, much of honeybee biology is modified by caste development, an as yet poorly understood, but excellent, system to study developmental plasticity. In adult stages, developmental plasticity of the ovaries, related to reproductive constraint exhibits another aspect of plasticity. Here they review the tools, current knowledge and opportunities in honeybee developmental biology, and provide an updated embryonic staging scheme to support future studies.
ISSN:1526-954X
1526-968X
DOI:10.1002/dvg.23019