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Title:   Author  item
                                            DIAO, QINGYUN - Chinese Academy Of Agricultural Sciencesitem
                                            SUN, LIANGXIAN - Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, Chinaitem
                                            ZHENG, HUAJUN - Chinese National Human Genome Center At Shanghaiitem
                                            XU, SHUFA - Chinese Academy Of Agricultural Sciencesitem
                                            SHI, YUANYUAN - Zhejiang Universityitem
                                            WANG, YUEZHU - Zhejiang Universityitem
                                            MENG, FEI - Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, Chinaitem
                                            SANG, QINGLIANG - Chinese National Human Genome Center At Shanghaiitem
                                            CAO, LIANFEI - Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, Chinaitem
                                            LIU, FANG - Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, Chinaitem
                                            ZHU, YONGQIANG - Zhejiang Universityitem
                                            LI, WENFENG - Zhejiang Universityitem
                                            Chen, Yanping

                                                         - *Judy*item
                                            LI, ZHIGUO - Fujian Agricultural & Forestry Universityitem
                                            DAI, CONGJIE - Chinese National Human Genome Center At Shanghaiitem
                                            YANG, MINJUN - Zhejiang Universityitem
                                            CHEN, SHENGLU - Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, Chinaitem
                                            CHEN, RUNSHENG - Fujian Agricultural & Forestry Universityitem
                                            ZHANG, SHAOWU - The Australian National Universityitem
                                            Evans, Jayitem
                                            HUANG, QIANG - University Of Halleitem
                                            LIU, JIE - Fujian Agricultural & Forestry Universityitem
                                            WANG, SHENGYUE - Zhejiang Universityitem
                                            ZENG, ZHIJIANG - Jiangxi Agricultural Universityitem
                                            HU, FULIANG - Zhejiang Academy Of Agricultural Sciencesitem
                                            SU, SONGKUN - Fujian Agricultural & Forestry Universityitem
                                            CHEN, SHENGLU - Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, Chinaitem
                                            WU, JIE - Chinese Academy Of Agricultural Sciences
  Submitted to: Scientific Reports
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 11/23/2017
                                    Publication  Date: 1/16/2018
                                    Citation: Diao, Q., Sun, L., Zheng, H., Xu, S., Shi, Y., Wang, Y., Meng, F., Sang, Q., Cao, L., Liu, F., Zhu, Y., Li, W., Chen, Y., Li, Z., Dai, C., Yang, M., Chen, S., Chen, R., Zhang, S., Evans, J.D., Huang, Q., Liu, J., Wang, S., Zeng, Z., Hu, F., Su, S., Chen, S., Wu, J. 2018. Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of the Asian honeybee Apis cerana provides novel insights into honeybee biology. Scientific Reports. 8(1):822. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17338-6.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17338-6                                                              
                                Interpretive Summary: The Asian honey bee is a species of honey bees found in Asia.   Here we present an analysis of a completed Asian honey bee genome sequence and comparative analysis with the genome sequence of the European honey bee which is the primarily managed pollinator of our agricultural system. The information obtained from this study provides an invaluable resource for understanding how the appearance, behaviors, and biology of Asian honey bees have evolved over time.  The information also serves as a useful platform for facilitating the traits that are unique to Asian honey bees and are shared with other bee species for health improvement.  The results obtained from this study should be of interest to researchers from academia and industry, apiary inspectors, and graduate students in the field of entomology and beekeeping society.
                                Technical Abstract: Apis cerana, an Asian honeybee closely related to European honey bees Apis mellifera, has evolved striking biological characteristics, including resistance to the parasitic Varroa mite, the most detrimental pest of A. mellifera.  Here we present analysis of a draft genomic sequence for A. cerana comprising 229.5 mbp encoding 10,182 genes.  The genome and RNA-seq data revealed the mechanism of resistance to Varroa , evolution of venom toxins and antimicrobial peptides, and genetic basis for caste determination and labor division in A. cerana.  Comparison of A. cerana genes against genes of A. mellifera revealed that 433 genes are specific to A. cerana, 54.5% of which have no homology with any known proteins.  This information provides a valuable platform to facilitate the traits unique to A. cerana as well as those shared with other social bees for health improvement and expands the understanding of genetic diversity and evolution across social bee species.


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