Cridge A G, Lovegrove M R, Skelly J G, Taylor S E, Petersen G E L, Cameron R C, Dearden P K
Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Genetics Otago, Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, P.O. Box 56, Aotearoa-New Zealand.
AbacusBio Ltd, Public Trust Building, 442 Moray Place, Dunedin 9016, Aotearoa-New Zealand.
Genesis. 2017 May;55(5). doi: 10.1002/dvg.23019. Epub 2017 Apr 22.
Honeybees are an important component of modern agricultural systems, and a fascinating and scientifically engrossing insect. Honeybees are not commonly used as model systems for understanding development in insects despite their importance in agriculture. Honeybee embryogenesis, while being superficially similar to Drosophila, is molecularly very different, especially in axis formation and sex determination. In later development, much of honeybee biology is modified by caste development, an as yet poorly understood, but excellent, system to study developmental plasticity. In adult stages, developmental plasticity of the ovaries, related to reproductive constraint exhibits another aspect of plasticity. Here they review the tools, current knowledge and opportunities in honeybee developmental biology, and provide an updated embryonic staging scheme to support future studies.
蜜蜂是现代农业系统的重要组成部分，也是一种迷人且在科学上引人入胜的昆虫。尽管蜜蜂在农业中很重要，但它们并不常用于作为理解昆虫发育的模型系统。蜜蜂胚胎发生虽然在表面上与果蝇相似，但在分子层面上却有很大差异，尤其是在轴的形成和性别决定方面。在后期发育中，蜜蜂生物学的许多方面都受到级型发育的影响，级型发育是一个尚未被充分理解但却非常出色的研究发育可塑性的系统。在成年阶段，与生殖限制相关的卵巢发育可塑性展现出可塑性的另一个方面。在此，他们综述了蜜蜂发育生物学中的工具、当前知识和机遇，并提供了一个更新的胚胎分期方案以支持未来的研究。
