Brain Gene Expression of Foraging Behavior and Social Environment in Ceratina calcarata.

ABSTRACT: Rudimentary social systems have the potential to both advance our understanding of how complex sociality may have evolved and our understanding of how changes in social environment may influence gene expression and cooperation. Recently, studies of primitively social Hymenoptera have greatly expanded empirical evidence for the role of social environment in shaping behavior and gene expression. Here, we compare brain gene expression profiles of foragers across social contexts in the small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata. We conducted experimental manipulations of field colonies to examine gene expression profiles among social contexts including foraging mothers, regular daughters, and worker-like dwarf eldest daughters in the presence and absence of mother. Our analysis found significant

SUBMITTER: Huisken JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10337991 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature