PAPER: Honeybee queen germline progenators
URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyad138
Germline progenitors and oocyte production in the honeybee queen ovary
September 2023
Cullen G, Gilligan JB, Guhlin JG, Dearden PK 2023. Germline progenitors and oocyte production in the honeybee queen ovary. Genetics 225(1).
ABSTRACT
Understanding the reproduction of honeybee queens is crucial to support populations of this economically important insect. Here we examine the structure of the honeybee ovary to determine the nature of the germline progenitors in the ovary. Using a panel of marker genes that mark somatic or germline tissue in other insects we determine which cells in the honeybee ovary are somatic and which germline. We examine patterns of cell division and demonstrate that, unlike Drosophila, there is no evidence of single germline stem cells that provide the germline in honeybees. Germline progenitors are clustered in groups of 8 cells, joined by a polyfusome, and collections of these, in each ovariole, appear to maintain the germline during reproduction. We also show that these 8-cell clusters can divide and that their division occurs such that the numbers of germline progenitors are relatively constant over the reproductive life of queen honeybees. This information helps us to understand the diversity of structures in insect reproduction, and provide information to better support honeybee reproduction.
KEYWORDS
honeybees, ovary, cell division, reproductive rate, gene expression
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