The Bee lab

ZHOU PUBLICATIONS

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2026​​​​​

• Dynamic A-to-I RNA editing in response to gut microbiome in honey bees
  Duan, Y.#, M. Huang#, L. Ye#, L. Ma, Y. Wu, Y. Du, J. Liu, F. Song, L. Tian, W. Cai, H. Li, X. Zhou, and S. Luo*
  2026. Genome Research
  
   

• Gut microbiota-derived butyrate primes systemic immunity in honeybees by mediating lipid metabolic reprogramming
  Liu, J., Y. Wu, Z. Li, J. Tang, X. Zhou, and S. Luo*
  2026.Nature Communications
  
   

• Genome and transcriptome-based identification and expression profiling of chemosensory gene families across developmental stages and tissues in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)
  Postma, A., L. Klynsmith, T. A. Duong, J. D. Allison, W. Smidt, R. M. Waterhouse, P. Lesny, J. P. Oeyen, M. Petersen, M. Sebastian, T. Ziesmann, S. Liu, X. Zhou, A. Donath, C. Mayer, B. Misof, O. Niehuis, R. S. Peters, L. Podsiadlowski, M. Coetzee, F. Joubert, and B. Slippers*
  2026. Insect Molecular Biology
  
   

• Temperature-responsive spatial-temporal regulation underlies phenotypic plasticity of body pigmentation in Eastern honey bee
  Wang, S., L. Qiu, Y. Wu, Z. Li, Z. Wang, Z. Chen, S. Liu*, and X. Zhou*
  2026. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 186: 104454.
  
   

• The leucokinin pathway regulates honey bee sugar consumption via Piezo
  Li, Z., C. Yang, Y. Wu, X. Zhang, X. Zhou*, and S. Luo*
  2026. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 186: 104448.

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• A high-contiguous genome assembly of Apis andreniformis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
  Xiao, Y., L. Qiu, M. Tang, S. Liu, and X. Zhou*
  2026. Journal of Heredity 117: 340-346.
  
   

• A hybrid de novo genome assembly of the digger wasp Cerceris sabulosa (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)
  Li, X. L.#, Y. Xiao#, Q. Zhou, M. Xiong, and X. Zhou*
  2026. Journal of Heredity 117: 126-133.​