One of the main goals of food science is to ensure the high quality and safety of food. The
inspection technology for known hazards has matured, and the identification of unknown …

The social ants, bees, wasps, and termites include some of the most ecologically-successful
groups of animal species. Their dominance in most terrestrial environments is attributed to …

Developmental phenotypic changes can evolve under selection imposed by age-and size-
related ecological differences. Many of these changes occur through programmed …

Molecular, cellular, and organismal alterations are important descriptors of toxic effects, but
our ability to extrapolate and predict ecological risks is limited by the availability of studies …

Across evolutionary lineages, insects vary in social complexity, from those that exhibit
extended parental care to those with elaborate divisions of labor. Here, we synthesize the …

Although animal dispersal is known to play key roles in ecological and evolutionary
processes such as colonization, population extinction and local adaptation, little is known …

With powerful functional genomics tools, including RNA interference (RNAi), the study of
gene function is moving from simpler phenotypes in model organisms to more complex traits …

Social behavior, although rare, is a highly successful form of living that has reached its most
extreme forms in eusocial insects. A tractable framework to understand social evolution is …

Considering recent developments in gene manipulation methods for honey bees,
establishing simple and robust assay systems which can analyze behavioral components in …

In sexually reproducing animals, reproduction entails insemination (the transfer of the male's
sperm to the female) and fertilisation (the fusion of a sperm and an egg to create a diploid …