Publications by authors named "Lou Delong"
The Asian honeybee, Apis cerana, is an ecologically and economically important pollinator. Mapping its genetic variation is key to understanding population-level health, histories and potential capacities to respond to environmental changes. However, most efforts to date were focused on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) based on a single reference genome, thereby ignoring larger scale genomic variation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFluvalinate is widely used in apiculture as an acaricide for removing Varroa mites, but there have been growing concerns about the negative effects of fluvalinate on honeybees in recent years. Previous research revealed changes in the miRNA and mRNA expression profiles of brain tissues during fluvalinate exposure, as well as key genes and pathways. The role of circRNAs in this process, however, is unknown.
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- Fluvalinate is an acaricide commonly used for honeybee management, but it negatively affects bee colonies, potentially causing brain nerve damage.
- A study analyzed miRNA expression in honeybee brain tissue after fluvalinate treatment, identifying a total of 1,350 miRNAs, with 180 being previously known.
- Among the differentially expressed miRNAs, five key pathways were linked to issues like cell death and memory problems, highlighting the important roles of specific miRNAs such as ame-miR-3477-5p and ame-miR-375-3p in the effects of fluvalinate on honeybee brain function.
As a commonly used acaricide in apiculture, fluvalinate is used to kill Varroa mites, while it also damages the nervous system of honeybees. To date, the transcriptomic characteristics associated with fluvalinate-induced neuronal injury in the bee brain have not been reported. Here, we performed transcriptome sequencing on ligustica ( ligustica) brain tissues collected before and after fluvalinate treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The adaptation of organisms to changing environments is self-evident, with the adaptive evolution of organisms to environmental changes being a fundamental problem in evolutionary biology. Bees can pollinate in various environments and climates and play important roles in maintaining the ecological balance of the earth.
Results: We performed an analysis of 462 Apis cerana (A.