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Genetic control of honeybee dance

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H06209
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Insect science
Research InstitutionOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Principal Investigator

Mikheyev Alexander  沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 生態・進化学ユニット, 准教授 (90601162)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥16,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,840,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥8,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,950,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥8,190,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,890,000)
Keywordsanimal behavior / social insects / machine learning / behavior / genetics / Machine learning / Multi-agent system / Image processing / Behavioral ecology / Social insects
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Understanding how genes make new phenotypes has been an ongoing challenge, despite the availability of genome-wide data. This project aimed to further our knowledge of the genetic organization of complex traits using they honey bee dance language a model. We made significant progress on developing the tracking software. Unfortunately, the geographic race of honey bees we proposed for the study did not perform well in the Okinawan climate. After two seasons of failed crosses we pivoted towards other applications of this technology and other experimental perturbations of gene expression (RNAi) for the study of bee behavior and physiology. The experimental toolkit developed in the course of this grant has great potential, and we are applying it to a range of other studies. Using the developed tools, we will also continue to work on the genetic architecture of dance, as originally planned, but conducting the crosses with a collaborator located in a more suitable climate.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2018 2017

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Doublesex sex determination pathway regulates reproductive division of labor in honey bees2018

    • Author(s)
      Velasque Mariana、Qiu Lijun、Mikheyev Alexander S.
    • Journal Title

      bioRxiv

      Volume: -

    • DOI

      10.1101/314492

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Towards dense object tracking in a 2D honeybee hive2017

    • Author(s)
      Katarzyna Bozek, Laetitia Hebert, Alexander S Mikheyev, Greg J Stephens
    • Journal Title

      arXiv

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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