By Dr Boris Yagound

Journal articles

Yagound B; Sarma RR; Edwards RJ; Richardson MF; Rodriguez Lopez CM; Crossland MR; Brown GP; DeVore JL; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2024, 'Is developmental plasticity triggered by DNA methylation changes in the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina)?', Ecology and Evolution, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11127

Watson OT; Buchmann G; Young P; Lo K; Remnant EJ; Yagound B; Shambrook M; Hill AF; Oldroyd BP; Ashe A, 2022, 'Abundant small RNAs in the reproductive tissues and eggs of the honey bee, Apis mellifera', BMC Genomics, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08478-9

Yagound B; West AJ; Richardson MF; Gruber J; Reid JG; Whiting MJ; Rollins LA, 2022, 'Captivity induces large and population-dependent brain transcriptomic changes in wild-caught cane toads (Rhinella marina)', Molecular Ecology, 31, pp. 4949 - 4961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16633

Yagound B; West AJ; Richardson MF; Selechnik D; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2022, 'Brain transcriptome analysis reveals gene expression differences associated with dispersal behaviour between range-front and range-core populations of invasive cane toads in Australia', Molecular Ecology, 31, pp. 1700 - 1715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16347

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Cardoso-Júnior CAM; Yagound B; Ronai I; Remnant EJ; Hartfelder K; Oldroyd BP, 2021, 'DNA methylation is not a driver of gene expression reprogramming in young honey bee workers', Molecular Ecology, 30, pp. 4804 - 4818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16098

Yagound B; Remnant EJ; Buchmann G; Oldroyd BP, 2021, 'DNAmethylation marks are stably transferred across generations in honey bees', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2109211118

Oldroyd BP; Yagound B; Allsopp MH; Holmes MJ; Buchmann G; Zayed A; Beekman M, 2021, 'Adaptive, caste-specific changes to recombination rates in a thelytokous honeybee population', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0729

Oldroyd BP; Yagound B, 2021, 'Parent-of-origin effects, allele-specific expression, genomic imprinting and paternal manipulation in social insects', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0425

Oldroyd BP; Yagound B, 2021, 'The role of epigenetics, particularly DNA methylation, in the evolution of caste in insect societies', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0115

Yagound B; Remnant EJ; Buchmann G; Oldroyd BP, 2020, 'Intergenerational transfer of DNA methylation marks in the honey bee', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117, pp. 32519 - 32527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2017094117

Yagound B; Dogantzis KA; Zayed A; Lim J; Broekhuyse P; Remnant EJ; Beekman M; Allsopp MH; Aamidor SE; Dim O; Buchmann G; Oldroyd BP, 2020, 'A Single Gene Causes Thelytokous Parthenogenesis, the Defining Feature of the Cape Honeybee Apis mellifera capensis', Current Biology, 30, pp. 2248 - 2259.e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.033

Smith NMA; Yagound B; Remnant EJ; Foster CSP; Buchmann G; Allsopp MH; Kent CF; Zayed A; Rose SA; Lo K; Ashe A; Harpur BA; Beekman M; Oldroyd BP, 2020, 'Paternally-biased gene expression follows kin-selected predictions in female honey bee embryos', Molecular Ecology, 29, pp. 1523 - 1533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15419

Yagound B; Smith NMA; Buchmann G; Oldroyd BP; Remnant EJ; Costantini M, 2019, 'Unique DNA Methylation Profiles Are Associated with cis-Variation in Honey Bees', Genome Biology and Evolution, 11, pp. 2517 - 2530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz177

Smith NMA; Wade C; Allsopp MH; Harpur BA; Zayed A; Rose SA; Engelstädter J; Chapman NC; Yagound B; Oldroyd BP, 2019, 'Strikingly high levels of heterozygosity despite 20 years of inbreeding in a clonal honey bee', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 32, pp. 144 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13397

Remnant EJ; Mather N; Gillard TL; Yagound B; Beekman M, 2019, 'Direct transmission by injection affects competition among RNA viruses in honeybees', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2452

Aamidor SE; Yagound B; Ronai I; Oldroyd BP, 2018, 'Sex mosaics in the honeybee: How haplodiploidy makes possible the evolution of novel forms of reproduction in social Hymenoptera', Biology Letters, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0670

Yagound B; Duncan M; Chapman NC; Oldroyd BP, 2017, 'Subfamily-dependent alternative reproductive strategies in worker honeybees', Molecular Ecology, 26, pp. 6938 - 6947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14417

Yagound B; Crowet M; Leroy C; Poteaux C; Châline N, 2017, 'Interspecific variation in neighbour–stranger discrimination in ants of the Neoponera apicalis complex', Ecological Entomology, 42, pp. 125 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/een.12363

Yagound B; Gouttefarde R; Leroy C; Belibel R; Barbaud C; Fresneau D; Chameron S; Poteaux C; Châline N, 2015, 'Fertility Signaling and Partitioning of Reproduction in the Ant Neoponera apicalis', Journal of Chemical Ecology, 41, pp. 557 - 566, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0591-9

Yagound B; Blacher P; Fresneau D; Poteaux C; Châline N, 2014, 'Status discrimination through fertility signalling allows ants to regulate reproductive conflicts', Animal Behaviour, 93, pp. 25 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.04.014

Blacher P; Yagound B; Lecoutey E; Devienne P; Chameron S; Châline N, 2013, 'Drifting behaviour as an alternative reproductive strategy for social insect workers', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1888

Yagound B; Blacher P; Chameron S; Châline N, 2012, 'Social Context and Reproductive Potential Affect Worker Reproductive Decisions in a Eusocial Insect', PLoS ONE, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052217

Preprints

Chan T; Yagound B; Brown G; Eyck H; Shine R; Rollins L, 2023, Infection by the lungwormRhabdias pseudosphaerocephalaaffects the expression of immune-related microRNAs by its co-evolved host, the cane toadRhinella marina, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.19.545515

Yagound B; Sarma R; Edwards R; Richardson M; Lopez CR; Crossland M; Brown G; DeVore J; Shine R; Rollins L, 2023, Is developmental plasticity triggered by DNA methylation changes in the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina)?, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.26.564158

Watson O; Buchmann G; Young P; Lo K; Remnant E; Yagound B; Shambrook M; Hill A; Oldroyd B; Ashe A, 2021, Abundant small RNAs in the reproductive tissues of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, are a plausible mechanism for epigenetic inheritance and parental manipulation of gene expression, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.27.457896

Yagound B; West A; Richardson M; Selechnik D; Shine R; Rollins L, 2021, Brain transcriptome analysis reveals gene expression differences associated with dispersal behaviour between range-front and range-core populations of invasive cane toads in Australia, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.27.462079

Cardoso-Junior C; Yagound B; Ronai I; Remnant E; Hartfelder K; Oldroyd B, 2021, DNA methylation is not a driver of gene expression reprogramming in young honey bee workers, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.12.435154

Remnant E; Mather N; Gillard T; Yagound B; Beekman M, 2018, Vector-mediated viral transmission favours less virulent viruses, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/323527

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