Egg removal
2 papers study it3 findings
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funders: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and 5 more
- Model organisms2
Outcomes
2Longevity
downin B. terrestris1
1 study
Longevity
downin B. terrestris1
Egg removal shortens lifespan longevity in B. terrestris.
“Treatment queens had significantly reduced longevity relative to control queens whose egg-laying rate was not increased.”
Model organismsegg removalfemales
Costs of reproduction are present but latent in eusocial bumblebee queens
BMC biology
Lifespan
downin B. terrestris1
1 study
Lifespan
downin B. terrestris1
Egg removal shortens lifespan in B. terrestris.
“Treatment queens had significantly reduced longevity relative to control queens whose egg-laying rate was not increased.”
Model organismsqueens; compared with control queens whose egg-laying rate was not increasedfemales
Eusocial insect queens show costs of reproduction and transcriptomic signatures of reduced longevity
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)Preprint
Associations
1Age-related gene expression
mixedin B. terrestris1
1 study
Age-related gene expression
mixedin B. terrestris1
Egg removal is associated with age-related gene expression in B. terrestris.
“treatment and control queens differed in age-related gene expression based on mRNA-seq in both their overall expression profiles and the expression of ageing-related genes.”
Model organismsqueens; differences principally related to relative rather than chronological agefemales
Eusocial insect queens show costs of reproduction and transcriptomic signatures of reduced longevity
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)Preprint