RNA editing is abundant and correlates with task performance in a social bumblebee

RNA editing is abundant and correlates with task performance in a social bumblebee

Bumblebee workers are genetically highly similar but they show different behaviors such as brood care and foraging. Here the authors report a high level of ADAR-mediated RNA editing in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris and its weak correlation to task performance.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hagit T. Porath, Esther Hazan, Hagai Shpigler, Mira Cohen, Mark Band, Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Erez Y. Levanon, Eli Eisenberg, Guy Bloch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09543-w
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Summary:Bumblebee workers are genetically highly similar but they show different behaviors such as brood care and foraging. Here the authors report a high level of ADAR-mediated RNA editing in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris and its weak correlation to task performance.
ISSN:2041-1723

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