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Honey Bee Genome Publication and Press Portal Nature Publication and Companion Journals Additional Companion Papers Essential Resources Press Releases Honey Bee Genome in the News Nature Publication and Companion Journals The complete genome sequence of the honey bee Apis mellifera by the Honey Bee Genome Sequencing Consortium has been published in the October 26, 2006 issue of the journal Nature.   Nature - Volume 443, Number 7114 (Table of Contents)   "Insights into social insects from the genome of the     honeybee Apis mellifera" [full text] | [PDF] | Supplemental Nature Editor's Summary Nature Web Focus: Honey Bee Genome News and Views: How to make a social insect [full text] | [PDF] News: From hive minds to humans [full text] | [PDF] Genome Research has devoted November's issue to studies that provide insight into the biology of the honey bee, hosting companion papers to the official genome publication.   Volume 16, Issue 11: November 2006 (Table of Contents) Community annotation: Procedures, protocols, and supporting tools [full text] | [PDF] Insect Molecular Biology has dedicated an issue to feature companion papers for the official honey bee genome publication.   October 2006 - Vol. 15 Issue 5 (Table of Contents) Editorial - Honey Bee special issue [full text] | [PDF] Sweetness and light: illuminating the honey bee genome [full text] | [PDF] The October 27, 2006 issue of Science highlights the completion of the honey bee genome and associated studies by hosting several companion papers.   Vol 314, Issue 5799 (Table of Contents) This Week In Science: Advancing Honey Bee Biology ScienceNOW: Bees Buzz to New Heights News of the Week: Honey Bee Genome Illuminates Insect Evolution and Social Behavior [full text] | [PDF]

Additional Companion Papers

• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  (October 31, 2006 | vol. 103 | no. 44 | Table of Contents)
  
    "Profile of Gene E. Robinson"
    Nick Zagorski, Science Writer
    [full text] | [PDF]
  
    "Genomic dissection of behavioral maturation in the honey bee"
    Charles W. Whitfield, Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Charles Brillet, Isabelle Leoncini, Didier Crauser,
    Yves LeConte, Sandra Rodriguez-Zas, and Gene E. Robinson
    [PubMed] | [full text] | [PDF]
  
    "Genome scan for cis-regulatory DNA motifs associated with social behavior in honey bees"
    Saurabh Sinha, Xu Ling, Charles W. Whitfield, Chengxiang Zhai, and Gene E. Robinson
    [PubMed] | [full text] | [PDF]
  
  
• Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
  
    "Beepath: an ordered quantitative-PCR array for exploring honey bee immunity and disease."
    Jay D. Evans
    [PubMed] | [full text] | [PDF]
  
  
• Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
  
    "Quantitative comparison of caste differences in honeybee hemolymph."
    Queenie W.T. Chan, Charles G. Howes, and Leonard J. Foster
    [PubMed] | [abstract] | [PDF]
  
  
• BMC Genomics
  
    "Semiparametric approach to characterize unique gene expression trajectories across time."
    Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas, Bruce R. Southey, Charles W. Whitfield, and Gene E. Robinson
    [PubMed] | [full text] | [PDF]
  
  
• Genome Biology
  
    "Getting a buzz out of the bee genome."
    Michael Ashburner and Charalambos P Kyriacou
    [PubMed] | [full text] | [PDF]
  
  
  "Creating a honey bee consensus gene set."
  Christine G Elsik, Aaron J Mackey, Justin T Reese, Natalia V Milshina, David S Roos and George M Weinstock
  [PubMed] | [full text] | [PDF]


• Progress in Neurobiology
  
    "A review of neurohormone GPCRs present in the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster and the honey bee Apis mellifera."
    Frank Hauser, Giuseppe Cazzamali, Michael Williamson, Wolfgang Blenau and Cornelis J.P. Grimmelikhuijzen
    [PubMed] | [full text] | [PDF]
  
  
• Insect Molecular Biology
  
    "Manual superscaffolding of honey bee (Apis mellifera) chromosomes 12–16: implications for the draft genome assembly version 4, gene annotation, and chromosome structure."
    Hugh M. Robertson, Justin T. Reese, Natalia V. Milshina, Richa Agarwala, Michel Solignac, Kimberly K. O. Walden and Christine G. Elsik
    [PubMed] | [full text] | [PDF]
  
  

Essential Resources

• Baylor College of Medicine
  Honey Bee Genome Project
  The honey bee genome was sequenced and assembled at the Human Genome Sequencing Center
  
  
• BeeBase
  The Honey Bee Genome Database
  Official model organism database for Apis mellifera, including a genome browser and additional resources
  
  
• BeeSpace
  The BeeSpace Project at UIUC
  An Interactive Environment for Analyzing Nature and Nurture in Societal Roles
  
  
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
  Honey Bee Genome Resources
  Gateway page to genome tools and resources at and beyond NCBI
  
  

Press Releases

• Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)
  Consortium decodes honey bee genome
  
  
• NIH News
  Scientists Publish Analysis of Honey Bee Genome
  
  
• Texas A&M: AgNews
  Bee Genome Information Housed at Texas A&M University
  
  
• USDA
  Finding Out How Genes Govern Bees' Lives
  
  
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign News Bureau
  Secrets revealed in sequencing of honey bee genome
  Honey bee chemoreceptors found for smell and taste
  Out of Africa: Scientists uncover history of honey bee
  Scientists identify 36 genes, 100 neuropeptides in honey bee brains
  Honey bee genome holds clues to social behavior
  
  
• National Science Foundation
  Newly Discovered Genes, Brain Chemicals Likely Play a Role in Complex Bee Behavior
  
  
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
  There's more to bees than honey
  
  
• Wake Forest University
  Wake Forest professor contributes to honey bee genome project
  
  
• Michigan State University
  Michigan State researcher traces the evolution of honey bee gender
  
  
• University of Otago
  Otago Scientists help decode the Honeybee Genome
  
  
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  Biological clock of honey bee more similar to humans than insects
  
  
• Arizona State University
  Hive mentality: Researchers create buzz over social behavior genetics
  
  
• University of Kansas
  No birds, just bees: Major research on the family trees of honeybees has ties to KU
  
  
• The Royal Entomological Society
  Looking to a new era in bee research
  
  
• University of Bath
  New genetic analysis forces re-draw of insect family tree
  
  
• University of Michigan
  Insights into honey bee sex gene could bring sweet success in breeding
  
  
• Genetic Engineering News
  Western Honey Bee Genome More Similar to Humans
  
  

Honey Bee Genome in the News

• Time Magazine
  The Buzz on Bees
  
  
• National Geographic
  Honeybee Genome Sheds Light on "Killer" History, Bee Secrets
  
  
• Washington Post
  Honeybee Genome May Shed Light on Social Evolution
  
  
• United Press International (UPI)
  Honey bee social behavior genes studied
  
  
• National Public Radio (NPR Morning Edition)
  Scientists Use Bee Genes to Understand Behavior
  
  
• Scientific American
  Social Honeybee Shares Genetic Secrets
  
  
• Science Daily
  Honey bee social behavior genes studied
  
  
• Los Angeles Times
  Honeybee genome creates buzz about social behavior
  
  
• Guardian Unlimited
  Cracking of bee DNA code has researchers buzzing
  
  
• Forbes
  Honey Bee Genome Sequenced
  
  
• The Independent
  Scientists comb DNA for secrets of the honey bee
  
  
• CNN Science (Reuters)
  There's much more to bees than honey
  
  
• China View
  Scientists decode honeybee genome
  
  
• The Scotsman
  Honeybees' DNA reveals 'human' side
  
  
• Houston Chronicle
  Genome project gets researchers buzzing
  
  
• Voice of America
  Scientists Decode Honey Bee Genome
  
  
• Pravda
  Team of 200 scientists decode honeybee genome
  
  
• The Loom (scienceblogs.com)
  To Bee
  
  
• Newsday
  Lure of honeybee's DNA
  
  
• Science News
  Genome Buzz: Honeybee DNA raises social questions
  
  
• The Sun Herald
  As bees vanish, worries about food supply grow
  
  
• Sci-Tech Today
  Secret Life of Bees To Be Revealed
  
  
• New Scientist
  Honeybees have their genome sequenced
  
  
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  Forget the birds — bees are the buzz
  
  
• The Oregonian
  Bee in amber ties insect to dinosaur era
  
  
• The Seattle Times
  Crucial pollinators dwindling, study says
  
  
• Medical News Today
  Honey Bee Genome Holds Clues To Social Behavior
  
  
• The Daily Evergreen
  WSU professor works with an international team to sequence the genome of the honey bee
  
  
• USinfo.State.Gov
  U.S. Agencies Fund Project To Sequence Honeybee Genome
  
  
• USA Today
  Bee fossil is a honey of a find
  
  
• San Antonio Express-News
  Texas beekeepers finally get a break
  
  
• ZeeNews - India
  Honeybees first originated in Africa, not Asia
  
  
• The Scientist
  Honeybee genome sequenced
  
  
• Royal Society of Chemistry
  Honeybee genome unveiled
  
  
• EarthTimes.org
  Scientists sequence genome of honeybee
  
  
• Arizona State University Web Devil
  Discovery marks latest gene 'buzz'
  
  
• Baltimore Sun
  Bees and behavior
  
  
• MSU Today
  Researcher traces the evolution of honey bee gender
  
  
• Catalyst (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  Anarchy in the hive
  
  

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