New bumble bee papers featured in ETH news!
The Bumblebee genome and immune system papers (collaboration with Paul Schmid-Hempel's lab and the Bumblebee Genome Consortium) are finally out!
Copyright Ben Sadd
Papers available here:
- external page The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization
- external page A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees
News coverage:
- ETH News: Hummelgenom entschlüsselt (in German)
- BMC Research highligh in Genome Biology: external page The making of eusociality: insights from two bumblebee genomes
- BMC Blog Network: external page Disease, drugs and a social life: insights from humble bee genomes