Tuesday, October 31, 2006

My love to microscopes doesn’t stop when go out from the lab. I love reading articles, watching news and programs about them. Here is the latest information I thought you might also be interested in. The big group of scientists combined from 90 research institutes from different countries all over the world, which is called The Honeybee Genome Sequencing Consortium, informed about the first results of reading the honeybee genome. Honeybee appeared to be the third insect whose genome was possible to read thoroughly. Specific genes were alighted in honeybee genome which are responsible for the utilization of floral nectar and pollen as well as 9 genes, which provide ability for bee larvae to change into representatives of one or another caste depending on how they were fed. Compared to mosquito and мушка, honeybee has much less genes, connected with immune protection, but it has more genes concerned with sense of smell. All these discoveries were performed under a modern high tech digital microscopes.