Differential gene expression and induction of morphological characters in Apis mellifera

• Grant number: 09/05675-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2009
• End date: March 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Animal Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Zilá Luz Paulino Simões
• Grantee: Ana Durvalina Bomtorin
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 05/03926-5 - Functional genomics of Apis mellifera: search for new genes and functional networks in the context of development, different castes and reproduction, AP.TEM

Scientific publications

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MODA, LIVIA MARIA; VIEIRA, JOSEANA; GUIMARAES FREIRE, ANNA CLAUDIA; BONATTI, VANESSA; BOMTORIN, ANA DURVALINA; BARCHUK, ANGEL ROBERTO; PAULINO SIMOES, ZILA LUZ. Nutritionally Driven Differential Gene Expression Leads to Heterochronic Brain Development in Honeybee Castes. PLoS One, v. 8, n. 5, MAY 30 2013. (09/00810-7, 05/03926-5, 09/05675-0)

BOMTORIN, ANA DURVALINA; BARCHUK, ANGEL ROBERTO; MODA, LIVIA MARIA; PAULINO SIMOES, ZILA LUZ. Hox Gene Expression Leads to Differential Hind Leg Development between Honeybee Castes. PLoS One, v. 7, n. 7, JUL 25 2012. (11/03171-5, 05/03926-5, 09/05675-0)

BOMTORIN, ANA DURVALINA; MACKERT, ALINE; COUTO ROSA, GUSTAVO CONRADO; MODA, LIVIA MARIA; MARTINS, JULIANA RAMOS; GENTILE BITONDI, MARCIA MARIA; HARTFELDER, KLAUS; PAULINO SIMOES, ZILA LUZ. Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis Gene Expression in the corpora allata of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Female Castes. PLoS One, v. 9, n. 1, JAN 29 2014. (11/03171-5, 05/03926-5, 09/05675-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BOMTORIN, Ana Durvalina. Ultrabithorax Expression and Development of Caste-Specific Thoracic Appendages in Apis mellifera. 2013. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) Ribeirão Preto.