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SUBMITTER: Masood M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4829281 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Masood Maryam M Everett Claire P CP Chan Stephen Y SY Snow Jonathan W JW
RNA biology 20160101 1
The putative transfer and gene regulatory activities of diet-derived miRNAs in ingesting animals are still debated. Importantly, no study to date has fully examined the role of dietary uptake of miRNA in the honey bee, a critical pollinator in both agricultural and natural ecosystems. After controlled pollen feeding experiments in adult honey bees, we observed that midguts demonstrated robust increases in plant miRNAs after pollen ingestion. However, we found no evidence of biologically relevant ...[more]