Project description:Newly emerged adult workers (24 hours old) were infected with 50,000 Nosema apis spores in sucrose solution. Controls were fed sucrose. Workers were maintained in cages in an incubator and collected at 2 and 7 days post-infection. Fat body tissue was dissected (eviscerated abdomen) and whole genome expression in this tissue was compared across treatments and collection time points using microarrays.
Project description:We analyzed the changes in the brain tissue of Apis mellifera ligustica at the molecular level by sequencing after using fluvalinate. We found that the differentially expressed miRNAs (DEM) may be involved in hippocampal cell apoptosis and damage to memory functions. This result may be related to behaviors observed after the administration of this medication, such as a lack of homing at night and behavioral disturbances. Overall, our results provide new information about the molecular mechanisms and pathways of fluvalinate action in the brain tissue of Apis mellifera ligustica.
