Cassondra Vernier

Host genetic background and social environment have different effects on the establishment and structure of the adult worker honey bee gut microbiota

This study investigates how host genetic background and social environment influence the gut microbiota structure in honey bees using 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

A pleiotropic chemoreceptor facilitates the functional coupling of pheromone production and perception

This study identifies Gr8a as a pleiotropic chemoreceptor that co-regulates pheromone perception and production in Drosophila, maintaining mating signaling coupling.

Chemoreceptor pleiotropy facilitates the functional coupling of the synthesis and perception of mating pheromones

The paper shows that Gr8a, a Gustatory receptor, regulates both the perception and synthesis of an inhibitory mating pheromone in Drosophila melanogaster, facilitating genetic coupling between these processes.