Natália de Souza Araujo

The high-quality genome assembly of Coelioxoides waltheriae (Apidae: Nomadinae) reveals gene family dynamics and evolutionary shifts related to its cleptoparasitic lifestyle

This paper presents the first high-quality genome assembly of a cleptoparasitic bee, revealing gene family contractions and expansions linked to its parasitic lifestyle.

Retroelement expansions underlie genome evolution in stingless bees

This study compares genome evolution in two stingless bee species, showing retroelement expansions drive heterochromatin differences and chromosomal rearrangements.

Investigating the molecular basis of cleptobiosis in eusocial stingless bees (Apidae: Hymenoptera)

The paper compares transcriptomes of cleptobiotic and non-robber stingless bees to identify molecular adaptations linked to their specialized raiding behavior.

Insights from Melipona bicolor hybrid genome assembly: A stingless bee genome with chromosome-level scaffold

This paper presents the chromosome-level genome assembly of Melipona bicolor, a polygynous stingless bee, and explores its evolutionary and venom gene characteristics.

Facing lethal temperatures: heat shock response in desert and temperate ants

The paper compares the transcriptomic heat stress responses of desert and temperate ants to identify convergent and specific adaptations to thermal stress.

Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of two lineages of the ant Cataglyphis hispanica: stepping stones towards genomic studies of hybridogenesis and thermal adaptation in desert ants

The paper presents chromosome-level genome assemblies for two hybridogenetic lineages of Cataglyphis hispanica using long-read sequencing and 3C data, enabling studies of thermal adaptation and reproductive systems.