Brock Harpur

We worked with a beekeeper in Kentucky (and third author) to identify what was causing half of his drones to have white eyes. We were able to identify a recessively-acting mutation in an uncharacterized ncRNA. Great work here by much of the lab and especially the lead, PhD Candidate Riley Shultz

RES Publications

New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectMolecBio Eye can see clearly now: Identifying the locus associated with a white-eye mutation in honey #bees (#Apis mellifera) doi.org/10.1111/imb.70019 #CommunityScience #FunctionalGenomics @sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social