Transcriptomic Analysis of Genes Associated with Stinger Development at Different Life Stages of <i>Apis mellifera</i>.

ABSTRACT: Stingers, evolved from ovipositors, are an important defense organ for the Apidae, Vespidae, and Formicidae species. However, the molecular mechanism of stinger development remains unclear. Here, we show that the earliest time point for the appearance of stingers in Apis mellifera is at the 1-day-old worker pupal stage based on morphological observations and anatomy from the pre-pupal to adult stages. To discover the genes related to stinger development, we first comprehensively compared the stinger transcriptome at different stages and screened 1282, 186, and 166 highly expressed genes in the stingers of 1- and 5-day-old worker pupae and newly emerged worker bees (NEBs), respectively, then identified 25 DEGs involved in the early stage of stinger development. W

SUBMITTER: Zhou S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11477386 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature