@article { ISI:000241523400044,
	title = {Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera},
	journal = {NATURE},
	volume = {443},
	year = {2006},
	month = {OCT 26},
	pages = {931-949},
	abstract = {Here we report the genome sequence of the honeybee Apis mellifera, a key model for social behaviour and essential to global ecology through pollination. Compared with other sequenced insect genomes, the A. mellifera genome has high A+T and CpG contents, lacks major transposon families, evolves more slowly, and is more similar to vertebrates for circadian rhythm, RNA interference and DNA methylation genes, among others. Furthermore, A. mellifera has fewer genes for innate immunity, detoxification enzymes, cuticle-forming proteins and gustatory receptors, more genes for odorant receptors, and novel genes for nectar and pollen utilization, consistent with its ecology and social organization. Compared to Drosophila, genes in early developmental pathways differ in Apis, whereas similarities exist for functions that differ markedly, such as sex determination, brain function and behaviour. Population genetics suggests a novel African origin for the species A. mellifera and insights into whether Africanized bees spread throughout the New World via hybridization or displacement.},
	issn = {0028-0836},
	doi = {10.1038/nature05260},
	author = {Weinstock, George M. and Robinson, Gene E. and Gibbs, Richard A. and Worley, Kim C. and Evans, Jay D. and Maleszka, Ryszard and Robertson, Hugh M. and Weaver, Daniel B. and Beye, Martin and Bork, Peer and Elsik, Christine G. and Hartfelder, Klaus and Hunt, Greg J. and Zdobnov, Evgeny M. and Amdam, Gro V. and Bitondi, Marcia M. G. and Collins, Anita M. and Cristino, Alexandre S. and Lattorff, H. Michael G. and Lobo, Carlos H. and Moritz, Robin F. A. and Nunes, Francis M. F. and Page, Jr., Robert E. and Simoes, Zila L. P. and Wheeler, Diana and Carninci, Piero and Fukuda, Shiro and Hayashizaki, Yoshihide and Kai, Chikatoshi and Kawai, Jun and Sakazume, Naoko and Sasaki, Daisuke and Tagami, Michihira and Albert, Stefan and Baggerman, Geert and Beggs, Kyle T. and Bloch, Guy and Cazzamali, Giuseppe and Cohen, Mira and Drapeau, Mark David and Eisenhardt, Dorothea and Emore, Christine and Ewing, Michael A. and Fahrbach, Susan E. and Foret, Sylvain and Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis J. P. and Hauser, Frank and Hummon, Amanda B. and Huybrechts, Jurgen and Jones, Andrew K. and Kadowaki, Tatsuhiko and Kaplan, Noam and Kucharski, Robert and Leboulle, Gerard and Linial, Michal and Littleton, J. Troy and Mercer, Alison R. and Richmond, Timothy A. and Rodriguez-Zas, Sandra L. and Rubin, Elad B. and Sattelle, David B. and Schlipalius, David and Schoofs, Liliane and Shemesh, Yair and Sweedler, Jonathan V. and Velarde, Rodrigo and Verleyen, Peter and Vierstraete, Evy and Williamson, Michael R. and Ament, Seth A. and Brown, Susan J. and Corona, Miguel and Dearden, Peter K. and Dunn, W. Augustine and Elekonich, Michelle M. and Fujiyuki, Tomoko and Gattermeier, Irene and Gempe, Tanja and Hasselmann, Martin and Kadowaki, Tatsuhiko and Kage, Eriko and Kamikouchi, Azusa and Kubo, Takeo and Kucharski, Robert and Kunieda, Takekazu and Lorenzen, Marce D. and Milshina, Natalia V. and Morioka, Mizue and Ohashi, Kazuaki and Overbeek, Ross and Ross, Christian A. and Schioett, Morten and Shippy, Teresa and Takeuchi, Hideaki and Toth, Amy L. and Willis, Judith H. and Wilson, Megan J. and Gordon, Karl H. J. and Letunic, Ivica and Hackett, Kevin and Peterson, Jane and Felsenfeld, Adam and Guyer, Mark and Solignac, Michel and Agarwala, Richa and Cornuet, Jean Marie and Monnerot, Monique and Mougel, Florence and Reese, Justin T. and Vautrin, Dominique and Gillespie, Joseph J. and Cannone, Jamie J. and Gutell, Robin R. and Johnston, J. Spencer and Eisen, Michael B. and Iyer, Venky N. and Iyer, Vivek and Kosarev, Peter and Mackey, Aaron J. and Solovyev, Victor and Souvorov, Alexandre and Aronstein, Katherine A. and Bilikova, Katarina and Chen, Yan Ping and Clark, Andrew G. and Decanini, Laura I. and Gelbart, William M and Hetru, Charles and Hultmark, Dan and Imler, Jean-Luc and Jiang, Haobo and Kanost, Michael and Kimura, Kiyoshi and Lazzaro, Brian P. and Lopez, Dawn L. and Simuth, Jozef and Thompson, Graham J. and Zou, Zhen and De Jong, Pieter and Sodergren, Erica and Csuroes, Miklos and Milosavljevic, Aleksandar and Osoegawa, Kazutoyo and Richards, Stephen and Shu, Chung-Li and Duret, Laurent and Elhaik, Eran and Graur, Dan and Anzola, Juan M. and Campbell, Kathryn S. and Childs, Kevin L. and Collinge, Derek and Crosby, Madeline A. and Dickens, C. Michael and Grametes, L. Sian and Grozinger, Christina M. and Jones, Peter L. and Jorda, Mireia and Ling, Xu and Matthews, Beverly B. and Miller, Jonathan and Mizzen, Craig and Peinado, Miguel A. and Reid, Jeffrey G. and Russo, Susan M. and Schroeder, Andrew J. and St Pierre, Susan E. and Wang, Ying and Zhou, Pinglei and Jiang, Huaiyang and Kitts, Paul and Ruef, Barbara and Venkatraman, Anand and Zhang, Lan and Aquino-Perez, Gildardo and Whitfield, Charles W. and Behura, Susanta K. and Berlocher, Stewart H. and Sheppard, Walter S. and Smith, Deborah R. and Suarez, Andrew V. and Tsutsui, Neil D. and Wei, Xuehong and Wheeler, David and Havlak, Paul and Li, Bingshan and Liu, Yue and Sodergren, Erica and Jolivet, Angela and Lee, Sandra and Nazareth, Lynne V. and Pu, Ling-Ling and Thorn, Rachel and Stolc, Viktor and Newman, Thomas and Samanta, Manoj and Tongprasit, Waraporn A. and Claudianos, Charles and Berenbaum, May R. and Biswas, Sunita and de Graaf, Dirk C. and Feyereisen, Rene and Johnson, Reed M. and Oakeshott, John G. and Ranson, Hilary and Schuler, Mary A. and Muzny, Donna and Chacko, Joseph and Davis, Clay and Dinh, Huyen and Gill, Rachel and Hernandez, Judith and Hines, Sandra and Hume, Jennifer and Jackson, LaRonda and Kovar, Christie and Lewis, Lora and Miner, George and Morgan, Margaret and Nguyen, Ngoc and Okwuonu, Geoffrey and Paul, Heidi and Santibanez, Jireh and Savery, Glenford and Svatek, Amanda and Villasana, Donna and Wright, Rita and Honeybee Genome Sequencing Consort}
}
