Caste development and reproduction: a genome-wide analysis of hallmarks of insect eusociality

被引:51
作者
Cristino, A. S.
Nunes, F. M. F.
Lobo, C. H.
Bitondi, M. M. G.
Simoes, Z. L. P.
Costa, L. da Fontoura
Lattorff, H. M. G.
Moritz, R. F. A.
Evans, J. D.
Hartfelder, K.
机构
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Ribeirao Preto, Dept Biol Celular & Mol & Bioagentes Patogen, BR-14049900 Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Matemat & Estatist, BR-05508 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Ribeirao Preto, Dept Genet, BR-14049900 Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Pret, Dept Biol, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis Sao Carlos, BR-05508 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[6] Univ Halle Wittenberg, Inst Biol Mol Okol, D-4010 Halle, Germany
[7] USDA ARS, Beltsville Agr Res Ctr, Bee Res Lab, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
基金
巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
caste development; oogenesis; meiosis; UCR motifs; AlignACE;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00696.x
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The honey bee queen and worker castes are a model system for developmental plasticity. We used established expressed sequence tag information for a Gene Ontology based annotation of genes that are differentially expressed during caste development. Metabolic regulation emerged as a major theme, with a caste-specific difference in the expression of oxidoreductases vs. hydrolases. Motif searches in upstream regions revealed group-specific motifs, providing an entry point to cis-regulatory network studies on caste genes. For genes putatively involved in reproduction, meiosis-associated factors came out as highly conserved, whereas some determinants of embryonic axes either do not have clear orthologs (bag of marbles, gurken, torso), or appear to be lacking (trunk) in the bee genome. Our results are the outcome of a first genome-based initiative to provide an annotated framework for trends in gene regulation during female caste differentiation (representing developmental plasticity) and reproduction.
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页码:703 / 714
页数:12
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