Olfactory coding in the antennal lobe of the bumble bee Bombus terrestris.

ABSTRACT: Sociality is classified as one of the major transitions in evolution, with the largest number of eusocial species found in the insect order Hymenoptera, including the Apini (honey bees) and the Bombini (bumble bees). Bumble bees and honey bees not only differ in their social organization and foraging strategies, but comparative analyses of their genomes demonstrated that bumble bees have a slightly less diverse family of olfactory receptors than honey bees, suggesting that their olfactory abilities have adapted to different social and/or ecological conditions. However, unfortunately, no precise comparison of olfactory coding has been performed so far between honey bees and bumble bees, and little is known about the rules underlying olfactory coding in the bumble bee brain. In this study, w

SUBMITTER: Mertes M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8154950 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature