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Entomology

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Repeated Shifts in Sociality Are Associated With Fine-tuning of Highly Conserved and Lineage-Specific Enhancers in a Socially Flexible Bee

Jones, B. M., Webb, A. E., Geib, S. M., Sim, S., Schweizer, R. M., Branstetter, M. G., Evans, J. D. & Kocher, S. D., Nov 1 2024, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41, 11, msae229.

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Behavior-related gene regulatory networks: A new level of organization in the brain

Sinha, S., Jones, B. M., Traniello, I. M., Bukhari, S. A., Halfon, M. S., Hofmann, H. A., Huang, S., Katz, P. S., Keagy, J., Lynch, V. J., Sokolowski, M. B., Stubbs, L. J., Tabe-Bordbar, S., Wolfner, M. F. & Robinson, G. E., Sep 22 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 38, p. 23270-23279 10 p.

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Transcriptional markers of sub-optimal nutrition in developing Apis mellifera nurse workers

Corby-Harris, V., Jones, B. M., Walton, A., Schwan, M. R. & Anderson, K. E., Feb 15 2014, In: BMC Genomics. 15, 1, 134.

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Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee

Kapheim, K. M., Jones, B. M., Pan, H., Li, C., Harpur, B. A., Kent, C. F., Zayed, A., Ioannidis, P., Waterhouse, R. M., Kingwell, C., Stolle, E., Avalos, A., Zhang, G., McMillan, W. O. & Wcislo, W. T., Jun 16 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 24, p. 13615-13625 11 p.

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Caste-biased gene expression in a facultatively eusocial bee suggests a role for genetic accommodation in the evolution of eusociality

Jones, B. M., Kingwell, C. J., Wcislo, W. T. & Robinson, G. E., Jan 11 2017, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284, 1846, 20162228.

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Draft genome assembly and population genetics of an agricultural pollinator, the solitary alkali bee (Halictidae: Nomia melanderi)

Kapheim, K. M., Pan, H., Li, C., Blatti, C., Harpur, B. A., Ioannidis, P., Jones, B. M., Kent, C. F., Ruzzante, L., Sloofman, L., Stolle, E., Waterhouse, R. M., Zayed, A., Zhang, G. & Wcislo, W. T., Mar 1 2019, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 9, 3, p. 625-634 10 p.

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Automated monitoring of honey bees with barcodes and artificial intelligence reveals two distinct social networks from a single affiliative behavior

Gernat, T., Jagla, T., Jones, B. M., Middendorf, M. & Robinson, G. E., Dec 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 1541.

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Developmental transcriptome for a facultatively eusocial bee, Megalopta genalis

Jones, B. M., Wcislo, W. T. & Robinson, G. E., 2015, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 5, 10, p. 2127-2135 9 p.

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Plasticity of the worker bumblebee brain in relation to age and rearing environment

Jones, B. M., Leonard, A. S., Papaj, D. R. & Gronenberg, W., Dec 2013, In: Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 82, 4, p. 250-261 12 p.

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Brain microRNAs among social and solitary bees

Kapheim, K. M., Jones, B. M., Søvik, E., Stolle, E., Waterhouse, R. M., Bloch, G. & Ben-Shahar, Y., Jul 1 2020, In: Royal Society Open Science. 7, 7, 200517.

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Honey bee virus causes context-dependent changes in host social behavior

Geffre, A. C., Gernat, T., Harwood, G. P., Jones, B. M., Gysi, D. M., Hamilton, A. R., Bonning, B. C., Toth, A. L., Robinson, G. E. & Dolezal, A. G., May 12 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 19, p. 10406-10413 8 p.

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Transcriptional, translational, and physiological signatures of undernourished honey bees (Apis mellifera) suggest a role for hormonal factors in hypopharyngeal gland degradation

Corby-Harris, V., Meador, C. A. D., Snyder, L. A., Schwan, M. R., Maes, P., Jones, B. M., Walton, A. & Anderson, K. E., Feb 1 2016, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 85, p. 65-75 11 p.

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Genetic accommodation and the role of ancestral plasticity in the evolution of insect eusociality

Jones, B. M. & Robinson, G. E., Dec 2018, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 221, 23, jeb153163.

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Microbial ecology of the hive and pollination landscape: Bacterial associates from floral nectar, the alimentary tract and stored food of honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Anderson, K. E., Sheehan, T. H., Mott, B. M., Maes, P., Snyder, L., Schwan, M. R., Walton, A., Jones, B. M. & Corby-Harris, V., Dec 17 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 12, e83125.

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Rate variation in the evolution of non-coding DNA associated with social evolution in bees

Rubin, B. E. R., Jones, B. M., Hunt, B. G. & Kocher, S. D., 2019, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 374, 1777, 20180247.

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Species and sex differences in eye morphometry and visual responsivity of two crepuscular sweat bee species (Megalopta spp., Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Jones, B. M., Seymoure, B. M., Comi, T. J. & Loew, E. R., Jun 26 2020, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 130, 3, p. 533-544 12 p.

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Convergent and complementary selection shaped gains and losses of eusociality in sweat bees

Jones, B. M., Rubin, B. E. R., Dudchenko, O., Kingwell, C. J., Traniello, I. M., Wang, Z. Y., Kapheim, K. M., Wyman, E. S., Adastra, P. A., Liu, W., Parsons, L. R., Jackson, S. R. E., Goodwin, K., Davidson, S. M., McBride, M. J., Webb, A. E., Omufwoko, K. S., Van Dorp, N., Otárola, M. F. & Pham, M. & 9 others, Omer, A. D., Weisz, D., Schraiber, J., Villanea, F., Wcislo, W. T., Paxton, R. J., Hunt, B. G., Aiden, E. L. & Kocher, S. D., Apr 2023, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 4, p. 557-569 13 p.

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Individual differences in honey bee behavior enabled by plasticity in brain gene regulatory networks

Jones, B. M., Rao, V. D., Gernat, T., Jagla, T., Cash-Ahmed, A. C., Rubin, B. E. R., Comi, T. J., Bhogale, S., Husain, S. S., Blatti, C., Middendorf, M., Sinha, S., Chandrasekaran, S. & Robinson, G. E., Dec 2020, In: eLife. 9, p. 1-28 28 p., e62850.

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