Exploring integument transcriptomes, cuticle ultrastructure, and cuticular hydrocarbons profiles in eusocial and solitary bee species displaying heterochronic adult cuticle maturation.

Exploring integument transcriptomes, cuticle ultrastructure, and cuticular hydrocarbons profiles in eusocial and solitary bee species displaying heterochronic adult cuticle maturation.

Differences in the timing of exoskeleton melanization and sclerotization are evident when comparing eusocial and solitary bees. This cuticular maturation heterochrony may be associated with life style, considering that eusocial bees remain protected inside the nest for many days after emergence, whi...

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Main Authors: Tiago Falcon, Daniel G Pinheiro, Maria Juliana Ferreira-Caliman, Izabel C C Turatti, Fabiano C Pinto de Abreu, Juliana S Galaschi-Teixeira, Juliana R Martins, Moysés Elias-Neto, Michelle P M Soares, Marcela B Laure, Vera L C Figueiredo, Norberto Peporine Lopes, Zilá L P Simões, Carlos A Garófalo, Márcia M G Bitondi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213796

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213796

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