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Brock A. Harpur
Researcher at Purdue University
Publications - 51
Citations - 1154
Brock A. Harpur is an academic researcher from Purdue University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Honey bee & Population. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 42 publications receiving 910 citations. Previous affiliations of Brock A. Harpur include Keele University & University of Toronto.
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Population genomics of the honey bee reveals strong signatures of positive selection on worker traits.
Brock A. Harpur,Clement F. Kent,Daria Molodtsova,Jonathan M. D. Lebon,Abdulaziz S. Alqarni,Ayman A. Owayss,Amro Zayed +6 more
TL;DR: The footprints of positive selection in Apis mellifera are mapped through analysis of 40 individual genomes, allowing us to identify thousands of genes and regulatory sequences with signatures of adaptive evolution over multiple timescales and to highlight the significant contribution of worker phenotypes to adaptive evolution in social insects.
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Management Increases Genetic Diversity of Honey Bees via Admixture
TL;DR: It is found that managed honey bees actually have higher levels of genetic diversity compared with their progenitors in East and West Europe, providing an unusual example whereby human management increases genetic diversity by promoting admixture.
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Recombination is associated with the evolution of genome structure and worker behavior in honey bees
TL;DR: It is suggested that recombination acts to maintain a genetically diverse and dynamic part of the genome where genes underlying worker behavior evolve more quickly.
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A review of the consequences of complementary sex determination and diploid male production on mating failures in the Hymenoptera
TL;DR: The data at hand suggest that diploid male production can substantially increase mating failures in small populations of economically and ecologically important hymenopterans.
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Accelerated Evolution of Innate Immunity Proteins in Social Insects: Adaptive Evolution or Relaxed Constraint?
Brock A. Harpur,Amro Zayed +1 more
TL;DR: The population genetics of innate immune genes in the honey bee Apis mellifera are studied and strong signs of balancing selection on the pathogen recognition gene pgrp-sa are detected, supporting the hypothesis that some aspect of eusociality renders canonical innate immunity superfluous.