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Title:   Author  item
                                            GIBBS, RICHARD - BAYLOR, HOUSTON, TXitem
                                            WEINSTOCK, GEORGE - BAYLOR, HOUSTON, TXitem
                                            Evans, Jayitem
                                            MALESZKA, RYSZARD - AUSTRALIAN NAT. UNIVitem
                                            ROBERTSON, HUGH - DEP ENT. URBANA, ILitem
                                            ROBINSON, GENE - DEP ENT. URBANA, ILitem
                                            WEAVER, DANIEL - BEE POWER, NAVASOTA, TXitem
                                            WORLEY, KIM - BAYLOR, HOUSTON, TXitem
                                            BEYE, MARTIN - DUESSELDORF, GERMANYitem
                                            BORK, PEER - EURO MOLEC. BIO, GERMANYitem
                                            ELSIK, CHRISTINE - TEXAS A&M, COLLEGE ST. TXitem
                                            HARTFELDER, KLAUS - RIBEIRAO PRETO, BRAZILitem
                                            HUNT, GREG - PURDUE, W. LAFAYETTE, INitem
                                            ZDOBNOV, EVGENY - EURO MOLEC. BIO, GERMANYitem
                                            AMDAM, GRO - ARIZONA STATE, TEMPE, AZitem
                                            BITONDI, MARCIA - RIBEIRAO PRETO, BRAZILitem
                                            Collins, Anitaitem
                                            CRISTINO, ALEXANDRE - SAO PAULO, BRAZILitem
                                            LAFFORFF, H. MICHAEL - HALLE-WITTENBERG, GERMANYitem
                                            LOBO, CARLOS - RIBEIRAO PRETO, BRAZILitem
                                            MORITZ, ROBIN - HALL-WITTENBERG, GERMANYitem
                                            NUNES, FRANCIS - RIBEIRAO PRETO, BRAZILitem
                                            SIMOES, ZILA - RIBEIRAO PRETO, BRAZILitem
                                            WHEELER, DIANA - DEPT. ENT. TUCSON, AZitem
                                            Hackett, Kevinitem
                                            Aronstein, Katherineitem
                                            Lopez, Dawnitem
                                            DeCanini, Lauraitem
                                            Chen, Yanping

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                                            SAKAZUME, NAOKO - RIKEN, YOKOHAMA JAPANitem
                                            SASAKI, DAISUKE - RIKEN, YOKOHAMA JAPANitem
                                            TAGAMI, MICHIHIRA - RIKEN, YOKOHAMA JAPANitem
                                            ALBERT, STEFAN - INST. FUR MED., GERMANYitem
                                            BAGGERMAN, GEERT - LAB DEV. PHYS., BELGIUMitem
                                            BEGGS, KYLE - ZOOLOGY DEP., NEW ZEALANDitem
                                            BLOCH, GUY - HEBREW UNV. ISRAELitem
                                            CAZZAMALI, GIUSEPPE - INST BIO., COPHGN DENMARKitem
                                            DRAPEAU, MARK - DEP BIO. NEW YORK, NYitem
                                            EISENHARDT, DOROTHEA - FREE UN. BERLIN GERMANYitem
                                            EMORE, CHRISTINE - PURDUE, W LAFAYEET, INitem
                                            EWING, MICHAEL - UN. ILL., URBANA, ILitem
                                            FORET, SYLVAIN - AUST. NAT. UN., AUSTRALIAitem
                                            GRIMMELIKHUIJZEN, CORNELIS - UNIV. COPENHAGEN, DENMARKitem
                                            HAUSER, FRANK - UNIV. COPENHAGEN, DENMARKitem
                                            HUMMON, AMANDA - UN. OF IL, URBANA, ILitem
                                            HUYBRECHTS, JURGEN - DEV. PHYS. LEUVEN BELGIUMitem
                                            JONES, ANDREW - MRC FUNC. GENET. OXFORDitem
                                            KAPLAN, NOAM - HEBREW UNV. JERUSALEM ISitem
                                            KUCHARSKI, ROBERT - AUST. NAT. UN., AUSTRALIAitem
                                            LEBOULLE, GERARD - FREE UN. BERLIN, GERMANYitem
                                            LINIAL, MICHAL - HEBREW UNV. JERUSALEM, ISitem
                                            LITTLETON, TROY - MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MAitem
                                            MERCER, ALISON - ZOLOGY UN. NEW ZEALANDitem
                                            RICHMAND, TIMOTHY - UN. ILL., URBANA, ILitem
                                            RODRIGUEZ-ZAS, SANDRA - ANIMAL SCI. URBANA, ILitem
                                            RUBIN, ELAD - HEBREW UNV., JERUSALEM ISitem
                                            SATTELLE, DAVID - MRC FUNC. GENET., OXFORDitem
                                            SCHLIPALIUS, DAVID - PURDUE UNV., W LAF. INitem
                                            SCHOOFS, LILIANE - LAB DEV. PHYS., BELGIUMitem
                                            SWEEDLER, JONATHAN - UNV. IL, URBANA, ILitem
                                            VERLEYEN, PETER - LAB DEV. PHYS., BELGIUMitem
                                            VIERSTRAETE, EVY - LAB DEV. PHYS., BELGIUMitem
                                            WILLIAMS, GABRIELLE - BAYLOR COLLEGE, HSTN, TXitem
                                            WILLIAMSON, MICHAEL - BIO., COPENHAGEN DENMARKitem
                                            AMENT, SETH - NEURO PROGRAM, UNIV. ILitem
                                            BROWN, SUSAN - KS ST. UNV., KANSASitem
                                            CORONA, MIQUEL - UNV. IL, URBANA, ILitem
                                            DEARDEN, PETER - EVO & DEV. OTAGO N ZEALANitem
                                            DUNN, AUGUSTINE - UNIV. GA, ATHENS, GAitem
                                            ELEKONICH, MICHELLE - UNV NEV. LAS VEGASitem
                                            FAHRBACH, SUSAN - WAKE FOREST., WIN-SAL, NCitem
                                            FUJIYUKI, TOMOKO - UNIV GRA SCH SCI, JAPANitem
                                            GATTERMEIER, IRENE - DUESSELDORF, GERMANYitem
                                            GEMPE, TANJA - DUESSELDORF, GERMANYitem
                                            HASSELMANN, MARTIN - DUESSELDORF, GERMANYitem
                                            KADOWAKI, TATSUHIKO - NAGOYA UNIV, JAPANitem
                                            KAGE, ERIKO - UNIV GSS, TOKYO, JAPANitem
                                            KAMIKOUCHI, AZUSA - UNIV GSS, TOKYO, JAPANitem
                                            KUBO, TAKEO - UNIV GSS, TOKYO, JAPANitem
                                            KUNIEDA, TAKEKAZU - UNIV GSS, TOKYO, JAPANitem
                                            Lorenzen, Marceitem
                                            MILSHINA, NATALIA - A&M UNIV, CLG ST., TEXASitem
                                            MORIOKA, MIZUE - UNIV GSS, TOKYO, JAPANitem
                                            MOUGEL, FLORENCE - GIF-SUR-YVETTE FRANCEitem
                                            OHASHI, KAZUAKI - UNIV GSS, TOKYO, JAPANitem
                                            OVERBEEK, ROSS - FLWSHP FOR INT. GEN, ILitem
                                            PAGE, ROBERT - ARIZONA ST. UNIV. AZitem
                                            ROSS, CHRISTIAN - UNIV NEVADA LAS VEGASitem
                                            SCHIOETT, MORTEN - DUESSELDORF, GERMANYitem
                                            SHIPPY, TERESA - KANSAS ST. UNIVitem
                                            TAKEUCHI, HIDEAKI - UNIV, GSS, TOKYO, JAPANitem
                                            TOTH, AMY - UNI. IL, URBANA, ILitem
                                            VELARDE, RODRIGO - UNI. IL, URBANA, ILitem
                                            WILLIS, JUDITH - UNIV GA, ATHENS, GAitem
                                            WILSON, MEGAN - UNIV. OTAGO NEW ZEALANDitem
                                            BERENBAUM, MAY - UNI. IL, URBANA, ILitem
                                            COHEN, MIRA - HEBREW UN. JERSLM, ISRAELitem
                                            GORDON, KARL - CSIRO CANBERRA AUSTRALIAitem
                                            LETUNIC, IVICA - BIO LAB, HEIDLBRG, GERMNY
  Submitted to: Nature
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 9/1/2006
                                    Publication  Date: 10/26/2006
                                    Citation: Gibbs, R.A., Weinstock, G.M., Evans, J.D., Maleszka, R., Robertson, H.M., Robinson, G.E., Weaver, D.B., Worley, K.C., Beye, M., Bork, P., Elsik, C.G., Hartfelder, K., Hunt, G.J., Zdobnov, E.M., Amdam, G.V., Bitondi, M.M., Collins, A.M., Cristino, A.S., Lafforff, H.G., Lobo, C.H., Moritz, R.F., Nunes, F.M., Simoes, Z.L., Wheeler, D., Hackett, K.J., Aronstein, K.A., Lopez, D.L., Decanini, L.I., Chen, Y., Sakazume, N., Sasaki, D., Tagami, M., Albert, S., Baggerman, G., Beggs, K.T., Bloch, G., Cazzamali, G., Drapeau, M.D., Eisenhardt, D., Emore, C., Ewing, M.A., Foret, S., Grimmelikhuijzen, C.U., Hauser, F., Hummon, A.B., Huybrechts, J., Jones, A.K., Kaplan, N., Kucharski, R., Leboulle, G., Linial, M., Littleton, T.J., Mercer, A.R., Richmand, T.A., Rodriguez-Zas, S.L., Rubin, E.B., Sattelle, D.B., Schlipalius, D., Schoofs, L., Sweedler, J.V., Verleyen, P., Vierstraete, E., Williams, G., Williamson, M.R., Ament, S.A., Brown, S.J., Corona, M., Dearden, P.K., Dunn, A.W., Elekonich, M.M., Fahrbach, S.E., Fujiyuki, T., Gattermeier, I., Gempe, T., Hasselmann, M., Kadowaki, T., Kage, E., Kamikouchi, A., Kubo, T., Kunieda, T., Lorenzen, M.D., Milshina, N.V., Morioka, M., Mougel, F., Ohashi, K., Overbeek, R., Page, R.E., Ross, C.A., Schioett, M., Shippy, T., Takeuchi, H., Toth, A.L., Velarde, R., Willis, J.H., Wilson, M.J., Berenbaum, M.R., Cohen, M., Gordon, K.H., Letunic, I. et al. 2006. Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Nature. 443:931-949.Interpretive Summary: Honey bees are a key species for agriculture, providing pollination services, honey, and other hive products worldwide with a yearly economic impact in the tens of billions of dollars.  Genetic tools have long been used in honey bees to understand nutrition, disease resistance, behavior, and the healthy development of queens, workers, and males.  This project describes the single largest improvement of honey bee genetic tools to date, the sequencing and description of the entire honey bee genome.  This characterization provides thousands of genetic ‘markers’ that will help bee breeders and researchers improve existing stock.  Perhaps more importantly, this genome project has provided precise details into the genetic traits of healthy bees, allowing a more complete ‘veterinary’ approach to bee health.  Given the main sponsors for the project (the U.S. National Institutes of Health and USDA-ARS), it is expected that heightened interest and opportunities in honey bee genetics will help improve human health, as well as the health of bees and other agricultural species.  Tangible results that will help researchers, regulatory agencies, and beekeepers in the short term include a full delineation between European and Africanized bees, a toolkit of all honey bee immune genes, and new ways to identify the impacts of environmental stress on honey bee behavior and health.  These insights are reported in this paper and in a set of topical companion papers.
                                Technical Abstract: We report the genome sequence of a highly social insect, the honey bee, Apis mellifera, a key model for social behavior as well as an essential component of global ecology through pollination activities. The genome is analyzed primarily from two perspectives: broad comparative analyses, with special reference to other insect genomes, and interpretation, whenever possible, of the honey bee genome to sociality.  We expect the sequence of the honey bee genome will enhance discovery in diverse areas including allergic disease, development, gerontology, infectious disease, mental illness, neuroscience, parasitology, social behavior, and venom toxicology, and improve human nutrition by enabling enhanced pollination of food plants.


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