Caste-specific differences in the dopaminergic systems of social insects assist in maintaining caste-specific behavior. To determine how caste differences in the honey bee occur during metamorphosis,
Variation in gene expression leads to phenotypic diversity and plays a central role in caste differentiation of eusocial insect species. In social Hymenoptera, females with the same genetic background
To reveal differentially expressed genes among castes, transcriptome sequencing of the Japanese subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus was conducted.
Methylation rates data in "Transgenerational epigenetic effect of kings’ aging on offspring’s caste fate mediated by sperm DNA methylation in termites"
Bumble bees represent a taxon with an intermediate level of eusociality within Hymenoptera. The clear division of reproduction between a single founding queen and the largely sterile workers is charac
