A5090438022- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2017-2018
University of California, Los Angeles
2017
Significance Sociobiological theory proposed that similarities between human and animal societies reflect similar evolutionary origins. We used comparative genomics to test this controversial idea by determining whether superficial behavioral humans honey bees shared molecular mechanisms. found unique significant enrichment for autism spectrum disorder-related genes in the neurogenomic signatures of a high-level integration center insect brain unresponsive two different salient social...
Social interactions can be divided into two categories, affiliative and agonistic. How neurogenomic responses reflect these opposing valences is a central question in the biological embedding of experience. To address this question, we exposed honey bees to queen larva, which evokes nursing, an alloparenting interaction, measured transcriptomic response mushroom body brain region at different times after exposure. Hundreds genes were differentially expressed distinct time points, revealing...