Reproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.)

The widely accepted hypothesis in life history evolution about the trade-off between fecundity and longevity is not confirmed by long-living and highly fecund queens in eusocial insects. The fact that the queens and facultatively sterile workers usually arise from genetically identical eggs but diff...

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Autores principales:	Jerzy Paleolog, Karolina Kuszewska, Michał Woyciechowski, Aneta Strachecka
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	<i>Apis mellifera</i> DNA methylation lifespan nosemosis phenotypic plasticity rebel Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:00389e00618947c2bd0e0afd3ce697322021-11-25T17:59:52ZReproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.)10.3390/insects121110212075-4450https://doaj.org/article/00389e00618947c2bd0e0afd3ce697322021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/11/1021https://doaj.org/toc/2075-4450The widely accepted hypothesis in life history evolution about the trade-off between fecundity and longevity is not confirmed by long-living and highly fecund queens in eusocial insects. The fact that the queens and facultatively sterile workers usually arise from genetically identical eggs but differ in DNA methylation makes them a good model for studies on senescence, eusocial evolution, and epigenetics. Therefore, honeybees seem to be especially useful here because of long living rebel-workers (RW) with high reproductive potential recently described. Longevity, ovariole number, nosema tolerance, and global DNA methylation have been assayed in normal workers (NW) versus RW in hives and cages. RW always lived longer than NW and unexpectedly extended longevity of NW when they were together, similarly as the presence of a queen did. RW lived longer despite the fact that they had higher Nosema spore load; surprisingly they became infected more easily but tolerated the infection better. Global DNA methylation increased with age, being lower in RW than in NW. Therefore, RW are queen-like considering global DNA methylation and the link between fecundity, longevity, and body maintenance. Presented features of RW expands possibilities of the use of honeybees as a model for studies on senescence, nosemosis, eusocial evolution, and epigenetics.Jerzy PaleologKarolina KuszewskaMichał WoyciechowskiAneta StracheckaMDPI AGarticle<i>Apis mellifera</i>DNA methylationlifespannosemosisphenotypic plasticityrebelScienceQENInsects, Vol 12, Iss 1021, p 1021 (2021)
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spellingShingle	<i>Apis mellifera</i> DNA methylation lifespan nosemosis phenotypic plasticity rebel Science Q Jerzy Paleolog Karolina Kuszewska Michał Woyciechowski Aneta Strachecka Reproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.)
description	The widely accepted hypothesis in life history evolution about the trade-off between fecundity and longevity is not confirmed by long-living and highly fecund queens in eusocial insects. The fact that the queens and facultatively sterile workers usually arise from genetically identical eggs but differ in DNA methylation makes them a good model for studies on senescence, eusocial evolution, and epigenetics. Therefore, honeybees seem to be especially useful here because of long living rebel-workers (RW) with high reproductive potential recently described. Longevity, ovariole number, nosema tolerance, and global DNA methylation have been assayed in normal workers (NW) versus RW in hives and cages. RW always lived longer than NW and unexpectedly extended longevity of NW when they were together, similarly as the presence of a queen did. RW lived longer despite the fact that they had higher Nosema spore load; surprisingly they became infected more easily but tolerated the infection better. Global DNA methylation increased with age, being lower in RW than in NW. Therefore, RW are queen-like considering global DNA methylation and the link between fecundity, longevity, and body maintenance. Presented features of RW expands possibilities of the use of honeybees as a model for studies on senescence, nosemosis, eusocial evolution, and epigenetics.
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author	Jerzy Paleolog Karolina Kuszewska Michał Woyciechowski Aneta Strachecka
author_facet	Jerzy Paleolog Karolina Kuszewska Michał Woyciechowski Aneta Strachecka
author_sort	Jerzy Paleolog
title	Reproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.)
title_short	Reproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.)
title_full	Reproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.)
title_fullStr	Reproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.)
title_full_unstemmed	Reproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.)
title_sort	reproductive potential impacts body maintenance parameters and global dna methylation in honeybee workers (<i>apis mellifera</i> l.)
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/00389e00618947c2bd0e0afd3ce69732
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Reproductive Potential Impacts Body Maintenance Parameters and Global DNA Methylation in Honeybee Workers (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.)

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