The Bee lab

ZHOU PUBLICATIONS

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2024​​

• A focus on the Chinese stingless bee honey (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): exploring physicochemical parameters for establishing quality standards 
  ​Zheng, X.#, Y. Xu#, Y. Huang#, D. Granato, F. F. de Oliveira, P. Vit, S. Luo, X. Zhou, J. Guo, Z. Dan, X. Xue, Z. Wang*, L. Wu*, and K. Wang*
  2024. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 137: 106823.
  
   

• Rapid evolution of mitochondrion-related genes in haplodiploid arthropods 
  Li, Y.*, G. W. C. Thomas, S. Richards, R. M. Waterhouse, X. Zhou, and M. E. Pfrender
  2024. BMC Biology 22: 229.
  
   

• Lactobacillus Firm-5-derived succinate prevents the honeybees from having diabetes-like symptoms
  Han, B., J. Hu, C. Yang, J. Tang, Y. Du, L. Guo, Y. Wu, X. Zhang*, and X. Zhou*
  2024. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 121(36): e2405410121.
  PNAS highlights
  
   

• Synergistic pectin deconstruction is a prerequisite for mutualistic interactions between honeybee gut bacteria
  Tang, J.#, W. Zuo#, L. Guo, C. Yang, B. Han, L. Dai*, X. Zhang*, and X. Zhou*
  2024.Nature Communications 15: 6937.
  
   

• Nuptials captured in the time capsule
  Luo, S. and X. Zhou*
  2024. National Science Review 11: nwae261.
  
   

• Tracing the genealogy origin of geographic populations based on genomic variation and deep learning
  Yang, B., X. Zhou*, and S. Liu*
  2024. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 198: 108142.
  
   

• The distribution of Apis laboriosa revisited: range extensions and biogeographic affinities
  Otis, G.*, M. J. Huang, N. Kitnya, U. A. A. Sheikh, A. H. Faiz, C. H. Phung, N. Warrit, Y. Q. Peng, X. Zhou, H. M. Oo, and N. Acharya
  2024. Frontiers in Bee Science 2:1374852.

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• Phylogenomics recovers multiple origins of portable case-making in caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera), nature’s underwater architects
  Frandsen, P. B.*, R. W. Holzenthal, M. Espeland, J. Breinholt, J. A. T. Thorpe, S. Simon, A. Y. Kawahara, D. Plotkin, S. Hotaling, Y. Li, C. R. Nelson, O. Niehuis, C. Mayer, L. Podsiadlowski, A. Donath, B. Misof, E. M. Lemmon, A. Lemmon, J. C. Morse, S. Liu, S. Pauls, and X. Zhou*.
  2024. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291: 20240514.
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• Temporospatial dynamics and host-specificity of honeybee gut bacteria
  Luo, S., X. Zhang, and X. Zhou*
  2024. Cell Reports 43(7): 114408.
  
   

• Drivers of genomic differentiation landscapes in populations of disparate ecological and geographical settings within mainland Apis cerana
  Dong, J., L. Qiu, X. Zhou*, and S. Liu*
  2024. Molecular Ecology 33: e17414.
  
   

• Pollinator diversity, pollination services and conservation in agroecosystem: progresses and challenges in China
  Shi, X., D. Huang, H. Xu, Z. Ren, Y. Lu, J. An, Y. Zou, Y. Liu, F. Ouyang, D. Chesters, J. Mu, C. He, A. Luo, Q. Zhou, Z. Niu, X. Zhou, L. Zhao, M. Martini, C. Ma, W. Cheng, C. Xia, M. Orr, W. Peng, and C. Zhu*
  2024. Integrative Conservation 3: 104–111.

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• A review on recent taxonomic updates of gut bacteria associated with social bees, with a curated genomic reference database
  ​Yang, C., J. Hu, Q. Su, Z. Zhang, Y. Du, J. Wang, H. Sun, B. Han, J. Tang, L. Guo, H. Li, W. Cai, H. Zheng, X. Zhou*, and X. Zhang*
  2024. Insect Science 32(1): 2-23.

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