Gene expression in Varroa-free honey bee queens - implications for honeybee health and sustainable pollination services
Lead Research Organisation:
Royal Holloway University of London
Department Name: Biological Sciences
Abstract
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Publications
Barron AB
(2012)
Science journalism: Let's talk about sex.
in Nature
Lee G
(2012)
Inbred and outbred honey bees (Apis mellifera) have similar innate immune responses
in Insectes Sociaux
Manfredini F
(2015)
RNA-sequencing elucidates the regulation of behavioural transitions associated with the mating process in honey bee queens.
in BMC genomics
| Description | We showed: 1) that as animals change behaviour and physiology, these changes can be used successfully to predict how genes are used to create these changes 2) that scientists and media use exclusionary language when describing animal sexual behaviour, which could be counter-productive for a) generating a diverse scientific workforce, and b) bringing scientific results to diverse publics |
| Exploitation Route | Our experimental findings (1 above) can be used to inform the development of future studies into gene expression in honey bee queens, and non-model systems more generally. Our societal findings can be used to inform how we report research into sexual behaviour in animals, and how it is in turn reported by the media |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Creative Economy,Environment |
| Description | RHUL Research Strategy Fund |
| Amount | £3,564 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2012 |
| End | 06/2012 |