Alison McAfee
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Works (12)
Updated: August 9th, 2023 21:14
2022 journal article
Drone honey bees are disproportionately sensitive to abiotic stressors despite expressing high levels of stress response proteins
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 5(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Bees / drug effects; Bees / physiology; Cold Temperature; Female; Gene Expression Regulation / drug effects; Male; Neonicotinoids / toxicity; Nitro Compounds / toxicity; Pesticides / toxicity; Sex Factors; Stress, Physiological
www.nature.com (publisher PDF)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 21, 2022
2022 article
Editorial: Insect Fertility in a Changing Environment
McAfee, A., Stillman, J. H., Marshall, K. E., & Metz, B. N. (2022, February 11). FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, Vol. 10.
author keywords: insects; fertility; stressors; population; mating
Source: Web Of Science
Added: March 14, 2022
2022 journal article
Fertility costs of cryptic viral infections in a model social insect
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Antiviral Agents; Bees; Dicistroviridae; Female; Fertility; Heat-Shock Proteins; Insecta; Male; Semen; Virus Diseases; Vitellogenins
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 24, 2023
2021 journal article
Honey bee queen health is unaffected by contact exposure to pesticides commonly found in beeswax
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Beekeeping; Bees / drug effects; Bees / physiology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Environmental Exposure / adverse effects; Environmental Exposure / analysis; Fat Body / drug effects; Fat Body / metabolism; Female; Insect Proteins / drug effects; Insect Proteins / metabolism; Male; Oviposition / drug effects; Pesticide Residues / analysis; Pesticide Residues / toxicity; Pesticides / analysis; Pesticides / toxicity; Proteomics; Reproduction / drug effects; Sperm Count; Waxes / chemistry; Waxes / toxicity
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 16, 2021
2021 journal article
Queen honey bees exhibit variable resilience to temperature stress
PLOS ONE, 16(8).
MeSH headings : Acclimatization / physiology; Animals; Bees / physiology; Biomarkers / metabolism; Cell Survival; Female; Gene Expression Regulation; Hot Temperature; Insect Proteins / metabolism; Male; Mass Spectrometry; Ovum / metabolism; Proteomics / methods; Spermatozoa / metabolism; Spermatozoa / physiology
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 23, 2021
2021 journal article
Trade-offs between sperm viability and immune protein expression in honey bee queens (Apis mellifera)
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 4(1).
MeSH headings : Animals; Bees / immunology; Bees / metabolism; Bees / virology; Cell Survival; Female; Insect Proteins / metabolism; Male; Proteome; Reproduction; Serpins / metabolism; Spermatozoa
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 8, 2021
2020 journal article
Candidate stress biomarkers for queen failure diagnostics
BMC GENOMICS, 21(1).
author keywords: Honey bees; Queens; Sperm viability; Biomarkers; Proteomics; Stressors; Spermatheca
MeSH headings : Bees; Biomarkers; Pesticides
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: September 21, 2020
2020 journal article
Differences in larval pesticide tolerance and esterase activity across honey bee (Apis mellifera) stocks
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 206.
author keywords: Developmental exposure; Pesticide tolerance; Honey bee; Breeding; Esterases
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological / drug effects; Animals; Bees / drug effects; Bees / enzymology; Environmental Monitoring / methods; Esterases / metabolism; Larva / drug effects; Larva / enzymology; North America; Pesticides / toxicity; Pollination
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: November 16, 2020
2020 review
Honey bee survival mechanisms against the parasite Varroa destructor: a systematic review of phenotypic and genomic research efforts
[Review of ]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 50(6-7), 433–447.
author keywords: Host resistance; Tolerance; Honey bee; Varroa destructor; Marker-assisted selection; Host-parasite interactions
MeSH headings : Animals; Bees / genetics; Bees / parasitology; Genomics; Host-Parasite Interactions; Phenotype; Varroidae / pathogenicity
Source: Web Of Science
Added: July 6, 2020
2020 review
Varroa destructor: A Complex Parasite, Crippling Honey Bees Worldwide
[Review of ]. TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY, 36(7), 592–606.
MeSH headings : Acaricides / pharmacology; Animals; Bees / parasitology; Drug Resistance; Host-Parasite Interactions; Varroidae / drug effects; Varroidae / physiology; Varroidae / virology
Source: Web Of Science
Added: July 6, 2020
2020 journal article
Vulnerability of honey bee queens to heat-induced loss of fertility
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 3(5), 367–376.
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: April 14, 2020
2019 journal article
Feminizer and doublesex knock-outs cause honey bees to switch sexes
PLOS BIOLOGY, 17(5).
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 24, 2019
