Apis mellifera
Contents
Description
- Apis mellifera is the most important managed pollinator species in the world, its pollination services are estimated at contributing $14 billion annually to the economy. Honeybees are critical for agricultural ecosystems, but are exposed to many biotic stressors including bacteria, viruses and fungi. Honey bee is also a highly social insect and represents a key model for social behavior studies. It is also the first hymenopteran insect to have its genome fully sequenced[1][2].
- Common Name: Honeybee
- NCBI Taxonomy
Bacterial Challenge
Reference Genes
| Gene Symbol | Gene Name | Application Scope | Accession Number | Primers (5'-3') [Forward/Reverse] |
Size [bp] | Tm [℃] | Detection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Act[1] | Actin |
|
AB023025 |
|
155 | 61 | SYBR |
| GAPDH[1] | GAPDH |
|
XM_393605 |
|
203 | 61 | SYBR |
| RPS18 [1] | RPS18 |
|
XM_625101 |
|
149 | 61 | SYBR |
Molecular Types
- mRNA
Evaluation Methods
- geNorm method && Related Reference
- NormFinder method && Related Reference
- BestKeeper method && Related Reference
Contact
- Name: Bieke Scharlaken
- Email: Bieke.Scharlaken@UGent.be
- Institution: Laboratory of Zoophysiology, Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Ghent University, Belgium
Citation Statistics
Cited by 144 (Based on Google Scholar [2017-06-01])
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bieke Scharlaken, Dirk C. de Graaf, Karen Goossens, Marleen Brunain, Luc J. Peelman, Frans J. Jacobs. Reference Gene Selection for Insect Expression Studies Using Quantitative Real-Time PCR: The Head of the Honeybee, Apis mellifera, After a Bacterial Challenge[J]. Journal of Insect Science, 2008, 8(33):1-10.
- ↑ Mao W, Schuler M A, Berenbaum M R. Honey constituents up-regulate detoxification and immunity genes in the western honey bee Apis mellifera[J]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013, 110(22):8842-6.
