Bumble bees workers produce ester sterility signals in their Dufours gland that differ from gyne-specific esters and are not produced by queens.
A transcriptome analysis revealed no gene expression differences in the Dufours gland of workers despite differences in both ester production and ovarian activation, suggesting that ester production may be regulated lower down.
Proteomics of the Dufours gland of queens, gynes, and workers recovered over 1500 proteins and broadly matched the previous RNAseq data. However, more than 100 differentially expressed proteins were found between the worker groups, including key genes in fatty acid biosynthesis, indicating that the regulation of reproductive signal biosynthesis in workers is done post-transcription.
[doi:10.25345/C55H7C56K]
[dataset license: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)]
Keywords: caste-specific pheromone biosynthesis ; Dufours gland proteomics
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