Selected Papers from the Robinson Lab
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Sociogenomics
- Research Provides Genetic Links Between Socially Unresponsive Honey Bees and Human Autism
- Genomic Signatures of the Evolution of Bee Societies
- Bee Brain EST Project
- Gene Expression Profiles in the Brain Predict Behavior in Individual Honey Bees
- Social Regulation of the Expression of the Period Gene
- Social Regulation of the Expression of the Foraging Gene
- Effects of the Foraging Gene on Phototaxis
- Genetic Determination of Guarding and Undertaking in Honey-Bee Colonies
- Brain Gene Expression Analysis Reveals Evolutionary Link Between Maternal Behavior and Altruism
- Brain Transcriptomic Analysis in Paper Wasps Identifies Genes Associated with Behaviour Across Social Insect Lineages
- Genes Involved in Convergent Evolution of Eusociality in Bees
- Study of Bees Links Gene Regulatory Networks in the Brain to Behavior
- Molecular Evolution in Bees
- Behavioral Plasticity in Honey Bees is Associated with Major Sifferences in Brain MicroRNA Transcriptome
- From One Genome to Alternative Phenotypes: The Honey Bee Larval Methylomes Reveal the Dynamics of Epigenomic Settings Implemented by Differential Dietary Inputs
- New Method of Manipulating Gene Expression in Honey Bees
- Brain Regions and Molecular Pathways Responding to Food Reward Type and Value in Honey Bees
- New Genomic Resource for an Important Facultatively Eusocial Bee
- New Behavioral Assay for Genomic Analyses of Nursing Behavior
- Genetic Variants Implicated in Scouting Behavior
- New Insights into Transcriptional Architecture of Division of Labor
- A Soft Selective Sweep during Rapid Evolution of Gentle Behaviour in an Africanized Honeybee
- Individual Differences in Honey Bee Behavior Enabled by Plasticity in Brain Gene Regulatory Networks
Reviews
- Beyond Nature and Nurture
- Sociogenomics: Trends in Ecology and Evolution
- Sociogenomics: Nature Reviews Genetics
- Sociogenomics: BioEssays
- Science: Genes and Social Behavior
- Neurochemical Regulation of Division of Labor
- Gene Expression and the Evolution of Behavioral Plasticity
- Evo-Devo and Evolution of Social Behavior
- Science: Behavior and the Dynamic Genome
- Understanding the Relationship Between Brain Gene Expression and Social Behavior: Lessons from the Honey Bee
- Dissecting Social Diversity in the Brain
- Behavior-Related Gene Regulatory Networks: A New Level of Organization in the Brain
- Neural and Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Embedding of Social Interactions
- Behavioral Genetics and Genomics: Mendel’s Peas, Mice and Bees
- The Genomic Case Against Genetic Determinism
The Bee Hive as a Complex System
- Barcoded Bees Used to Reveal Surprising Properties of Honey Bee Social Network
- Social Inhibition of Division of Labor
- Automated Monitoring Reveals Extreme Interindividual Variation and Plasticity in Honeybee Foraging Activity Levels
Chemical Ecology
- Regulation of Behavioral Maturation by a Primer Pheromone Produced by Adult Worker Honey Bees
- Pheromone Modulation of Rate of Behavioral Development (with the laboratory of Dr. Yves LeConte, INRA, France)
- Pheromone Regulation of Brain Gene Expression
- Behaviorally Related Changes in Labial Gland Secretion
- Regulation of Brain Gene Expression in Honey Bees by Brood Pheromone
Brain and Behavior
- Neuroendocrine (Juvenile Hormone) Influence on Rate of Behavioral Development
- Changes in the Structure of the Mushroom Bodies and Antennal Lobes (with the laboratory of Prof. Susan Fahrbach)
- Octopamine Influences Behavioral Development
- Limits to Brain Plasticity
- Cellular Basis of Brain Plasticity
- Octopamine and Juvenile Hormone Interactions in the Regulation of Behavioral Development
- Octopamine Dynamics in the Bee Brain
- PERIOD Cells in the Bee Brain
- Acetylcholinesterase Gene: Learning and Memory and Division of Labor (with the laboratory of Prof. Hermona Soreq, Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
- Behavioral Development in the Honey Bee: Toward the Study of Learning Under Natural Conditions
- Volume Changes in the Mushroom Bodies of Adult Honey Bee Queens
- Transcriptional Response to Foraging Experience in the Honey Bee Mushroom Bodies
- Microarray Analysis of Natural Socially-Regulated Plasticity in Circadian Rhythms of Honey Bees
- Transcriptomic Analysis of Instinctive and Learned Reward-Related Behaviors in Honey Bees
- Brain Regions and Molecular Pathways Responding to Food Reward Type and Value in Honey Bees
Division of Labor: Cognitive Analyses
- Learning and Memory: Orientation Behavior Revealed by Harmonic Radar
- Differences in Performance on a Reversal Learning Test and Division of Labor in Honey Bee Colonies
- Effects of Satiation on Learning Performance
Evolutionary Genetics
- Genetic Variation for Rate of Behavioral Development and Related Mechanisms
- Genetic Determination of Guarding and Undertaking in Honey-Bee Colonies
- Genetic Specialists, Kin Recognition and Nepotism in Honey-Bee Colonies
Colony Collapse Disorder
Systems Biology of Social Behavior
- New Meta-Analysis Tools Reveal Shared Cis-Regulatory Architecture for Different Behavior-Determining Factors
- The Transcription Factor Ultraspiracle Influences Honey Bee Social Behavior and Behavior-Related Gene Expression.
- Behavior-Specific Changes in Transcriptional Modules Lead to Distinct and Predictable Neurogenomic States
Aggression
- Neuromolecular Responses to Social Challenge: Common Mechanisms Across Mouse, Stickleback Fish, and Honey Bee
- Socially Responsive Effects of Brain Oxidative Metabolism on Aggression
- Manipulation of Colony Environment Modulates Honey Bee Aggression and Brain Gene Expression
- Honey Bee Aggression Supports a Link Between Gene Regulation and Behavioral Evolution
- Behavioral Genetic Toolkits: Toward the Evolutionary Origins of Complex Phenotypes
- Genomic Regions Influencing Aggressive Behavior in Honey Bees are Defined by Colony Allele Frequencies