<i>Foraging</i> gene expression patterns in queens, workers, and males in a eusocial insect

Reproductive division of labour is based on biased expression complementary parental behaviours, brood production (egg-laying) by queens and care (in particular, brood-provisioning) workers. In many social insect species, provision when establishing colonies at the beginning a breeding season reproductive begins with emergence foraging (for) mRNA associated intensity behaviour therefore brood-provisioning. However, only two studies have compared queen worker for levels neither accounted transcript splice variation. this study, we compare level for-α variant across four life stages caste, behavioural groups workers, males eusocial sweat bee Lasioglossum laevissimum (Smith, 1853). Foundresses collected prior to onset had highest levels. All active (post-hibernatory) workers similar independent behaviour. These results suggest that gene in L. acts as primer before activity caste-specific patterns correlate timing