Z. Simões

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Farnesoic acid O-methyl transferase (FAMeT) isoforms: conserved traits and gene expression patterns related to caste differentiation in the stingless bee, Melipona scutellaris.

C. Vieira, A. Bonetti, Z. Simões, 2008, Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology.

Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species

Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Peer Bork, Alexandre Souvorov, 2010, Science.

The relationship between level of pollen in the diet, vitellogenin and juvenile hormone titres in Africanized Apis mellifera workers

Z. Simões, M. Bitondi, 1996 .

Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

Ying Wang, Michal Linial, Andrew G. Clark, 2006, Nature.

Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living

Matthew E. Hudson, Evgeny M. Zdobnov, Daniel Hamacher, 2015, Science.

The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of Frieseomelitta varia – a highly eusocial stingless bee (Meliponini) with a permanently sterile worker caste

Carolina G. Santos, D. G. Pinheiro, K. Hartfelder, 2020, BMC Genomics.

Developmental regulation of ecdysone receptor (EcR) and EcR-controlled gene expression during pharate-adult development of honeybees (Apis mellifera)

D. G. Pinheiro, K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, 2014, Front. Genet..

MicroRNA signatures characterizing caste‐independent ovarian activity in queen and worker honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

D. G. Pinheiro, A. Cristino, Z. Simões, 2016, Insect molecular biology.

Hemocyte types and total and differential counts in unparasitized and parasitized Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera, Tephritidae) larvae.

Z. Simões, I. C. Boleli, J. E. B. Silva, 2002, Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia.

MicroRNA-34 directly targets pair-rule genes and cytoskeleton component in the honey bee

C. Claudianos, A. Cristino, Z. Simões, 2017, Scientific Reports.

Induction of heat shock proteins in the larval fat body of Apis mellifera L. bees

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, V. M. L. Chacon-Almeida, 2000 .

Trade-off between immune stimulation and expression of storage protein genes.

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, A. Lourenço, 2009, Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology.

Hormonal control and target genes of ftz‐f1 expression in the honeybee Apis mellifera: a positive loop linking juvenile hormone, ftz‐f1, and vitellogenin

D. G. Pinheiro, A. Cristino, Z. Simões, 2018, Insect molecular biology.

Evaluation of reference genes for gene expression analysis by real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) in three stingless bee species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Z. Simões, F. M. Nunes, M. M. Bitondi, 2019, Scientific Reports.

Expression analysis of putative vitellogenin and lipophorin receptors in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and workers.

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, M. Piulachs, 2008, Journal of insect physiology.

The juvenile hormone analog pyriproxyfen affects ecdysteroid-dependent cuticle melanization and shifts the pupal ecdysteroid peak in the honey bee (Apis mellifera).

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, M. Bitondi, 2000, Arthropod structure & development.

Effects of juvenile hormone and ecdysone on the timing of vitellogenin appearance in hemolymph of queen and worker pupae of Apis mellifera

Z. Simões, A. Barchuk, M. M. Bitondi, 2002, Journal of insect science.

Transcriptional expression of m6A and m5C RNA methyltransferase genes in the brain and fat body of honey bee adult workers

Z. Simões, L. Bataglia, F. M. Nunes, 2022, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

Occurrence of a prothoracicotropic hormone-like peptide in the developing nervous system of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L)

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, I. C. Boleli, 1997 .

EFFECT OF JUVENILE HORMONE III ON THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE Corpora allata IN Melipona quadrifasciata (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE, MELIPONINI)

C. Vieira, A. Bonetti, Z. Simões, 2006 .

Apoptosis Process in Mouse Leydig Cells during Postnatal Development

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, L. O. Lunardi, 2003, Microscopy and Microanalysis.

Comparative cytogenetics of three species of Dichotomius (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

Z. Simões, D. C. Cabral-de-Mello, M. J. de Souza, 2009, Genetics and molecular biology.

A study of the constitutive heterochromatin and nucleolus organizer regions of Isocopris inhiata and Diabroctis mimas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) using C-banding, AgNO3 staining and FISH techniques

Z. Simões, M. L. Camparoto, E. Bione, 2005 .

Evidence of at least two evolutionary lineages in Melipona subnitida (Apidae, Meliponini) suggested by mtDNA variability and geometric morphometrics of forewings

Z. Simões, V. Bonatti, T. Francoy, 2014, Naturwissenschaften.

Immunity and physiological changes in adult honey bees (Apis mellifera) infected with Nosema ceranae: the natural colony environment.

Z. Simões, D. Message, M. Bitondi, 2021, Journal of insect physiology.

Phenoloxidase activity in Apis mellifera honey bee pupae, and ecdysteroid-dependent expression of the prophenoloxidase mRNA.

J. A. Jorge, Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, 2004, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology.

Molecular characterization of a cDNA encoding prophenoloxidase and its expression in Apis mellifera.

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, A. Lourenço, 2005, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology.

Developmental characterization, function and regulation of a Laccase2 encoding gene in the honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apinae).

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, 2010, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology.

Ecdysteroid-Dependent Expression of the Tweedle and Peroxidase Genes during Adult Cuticle Formation in the Honey Bee, Apis mellifera

Z. Simões, F. M. Nunes, M. M. Bitondi, 2011, PloS one.

Hormonal control of the yolk precursor vitellogenin regulates immune function and longevity in honeybees

G. Amdam, S. Omholt, K. Norberg, 2004, Experimental Gerontology.

The Apis mellifera pupal melanization program is affected by treatment with a juvenile hormone analogue.

Z. Simões, M. Bitondi, V. Figueiredo, 1998, Journal of insect physiology.

Molecular cloning and expression of a hexamerin cDNA from the honey bee, Apis mellifera.

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, K. R. Guidugli, 2005, Journal of insect physiology.

Immunosenescence in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) is caused by intrinsic senescence and behavioral physiology

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, 2019, Experimental Gerontology.

Ecdysteroid titers in pupae of highly social bees relate to distinct modes of caste development.

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, M. Bitondi, 2002, Journal of insect physiology.

Vitellogenin gene expression in stingless bee workers differing in egg-laying behavior

Z. Simões, M. Bitondi, R. P. Dallacqua, 2007, Insectes Sociaux.

Characterization and expression of the Hex 110 gene encoding a glutamine-rich hexamerin in the honey bee, Apis mellifera.

Z. Simões, F. M. Nunes, M. M. Bitondi, 2006, Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology.

Potential costs of bacterial infection on storage protein gene expression and reproduction in queenless Apis mellifera worker bees on distinct dietary regimes.

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, A. Lourenço, 2012, Journal of insect physiology.

Validation of reference genes for gene expression studies in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, by quantitative real-time RT-PCR

A. Cristino, Z. Simões, A. Lourenço, 2008, Apidologie.

Vitellogenin expression in queen ovaries and in larvae of both sexes of Apis mellifera.

Maria-Dolors Piulachs, Xavier Bellés, Z. Simões, 2005, Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology.

The vitellogenin of the honey bee, Apis mellifera: structural analysis of the cDNA and expression studies.

Z. Simões, M. Piulachs, X. Belles, 2003, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology.

A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary history of the honeybee Apis mellifera

C. Pirk, M. Webster, M. Kawata, 2014, Nature Genetics.

Genomewide analysis of admixture and adaptation in the Africanized honeybee

R. M. Nelson, D. Lawson, M. Webster, 2017, Molecular ecology.

The juvenile hormone (JH) epoxide hydrolase gene in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) genome encodes a protein which has negligible participation in JH degradation.

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, 2010, Journal of insect physiology.

Non-coding transcription characterization and annotation

Sergio Verjovski-Almeida, João Carlos Setubal, Alexandre Rossi Paschoal, 2012, RNA biology.

Silencing of Apis mellifera dorsal genes reveals their role in expression of the antimicrobial peptide defensin‐1

Z. Simões, J. Evans, A. Lourenço, 2018, Insect molecular biology.

Bacterial infection activates the immune system response and dysregulates microRNA expression in honey bees.

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, A. Lourenço, 2013, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology.

Non-target Effects of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)-derived Double-Stranded RNA (dsRNA-GFP) Used in Honey Bee RNA Interference (RNAi) Assays

C. Grozinger, Z. Simões, F. M. Nunes, 2013, Insects.

Transcriptome dynamics during metamorphosis of imaginal discs into wings and thoracic dorsum in Apis mellifera castes

D. G. Pinheiro, Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, 2021, BMC genomics.

Recombination mapping of the Brazilian stingless bee Frieseomelitta varia confirms high recombination rates in social hymenoptera

O. Rueppell, Z. Simões, Danielle Luna-Lucena, 2021, BMC Genomics.

Caste‐specific gene expression underlying the differential adult brain development in the honeybee Apis mellifera

D. G. Pinheiro, Z. Simões, A. Barchuk, 2020, Insect molecular biology.

Methyl farnesoate epoxidase (mfe) gene expression and juvenile hormone titers in the life cycle of a highly eusocial stingless bee, Melipona scutellaris.

K. Hartfelder, A. Bonetti, Z. Simões, 2017, Journal of insect physiology.

Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis Gene Expression in the corpora allata of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Female Castes

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, 2014, PloS one.

The gene vitellogenin affects microRNA regulation in honey bee (Apis mellifera) fat body and brain

G. Amdam, Z. Simões, F. M. Nunes, 2013, Journal of Experimental Biology.

A non-invasive method for silencing gene transcription in honeybees maintained under natural conditions.

Z. Simões, F. M. Nunes, 2009, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology.

A honeybee storage protein gene, hex 70a, expressed in developing gonads and nutritionally regulated in adult fat body.

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, F. M. Nunes, 2008, Journal of insect physiology.

Identification of a juvenile hormone esterase-like gene in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L.--expression analysis and functional assays.

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, 2008, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology.

A cuticle protein gene in the honeybee: expression during development and in relation to the ecdysteroid titer.

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, M. P. Soares, 2007, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology.

Caste development and reproduction: a genome-wide analysis of hallmarks of insect eusociality

K. Hartfelder, A. Cristino, Z. Simões, 2006, Insect molecular biology.

SSD - a free software for designing multimeric mono-, bi- and trivalent shRNAs

Danilo Fernández Ríos, Nidia Benítez Candia, Z. Simões, 2020, Genetics and molecular biology.

Evidence of at least two evolutionary lineages in Melipona subnitida (Apidae, Meliponini) suggested by mtDNA variability and geometric morphometrics of forewings

Tiago Mauricio Francoy, Z. Simões, V. Bonatti, 2014, Naturwissenschaften.

Vitellogenin content in fat body and ovary homogenates of workers and queens of Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides during vitellogenesis

Z. Simões, C. Cruz-Landim, B. Berger, 2012 .

Hox Gene Expression Leads to Differential Hind Leg Development between Honeybee Castes

Z. Simões, A. Barchuk, L. Moda, 2012, PloS one.

RNAi-mediated silencing of vitellogenin gene function turns honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers into extremely precocious foragers

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, D. M. Marco Antonio, 2008, Naturwissenschaften.

Nutritionally Driven Differential Gene Expression Leads to Heterochronic Brain Development in Honeybee Castes

Z. Simões, A. Barchuk, V. Bonatti, 2013, PloS one.

Neuroligin-associated microRNA-932 targets actin and regulates memory in the honeybee

C. Claudianos, J. Reinhard, A. Cristino, 2014, Nature Communications.

Ultraspiracle of the stingless bees Melipona scutellaris and Scaptotrigona depilis: cDNA sequence and expression profiles during pupal development

Z. Simões, A. Barchuk, T. R. Mello, 2007, Apidologie.

Downregulation of ultraspiracle gene expression delays pupal development in honeybees.

Z. Simões, A. Barchuk, V. Figueiredo, 2008, Journal of insect physiology.

Apis mellifera ultraspiracle: cDNA sequence and rapid up‐regulation by juvenile hormone

R. Maleszka, Z. Simões, A. Barchuk, 2004, Insect molecular biology.

Higher vitellogenin concentrations in honey bee workers may be an adaptation to life in temperate climates

G. Amdam, S. Omholt, K. Norberg, 2005, Insectes Sociaux.

Characterization of sex-specific variants of doublesex and feminizer genes in stingless bee species

A. Cristino, Z. Simões, F. M. Nunes, 2020, Apidologie.

A Honey Bee Hexamerin, HEX 70a, Is Likely to Play an Intranuclear Role in Developing and Mature Ovarioles and Testioles

Z. Simões, Lucas Anhezini, M. M. Bitondi, 2011, PloS one.

Inhibition of vitellogenin synthesis in Apis mellifera workers by a juvenile hormone analogue, pyriproxyfen.

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, M. Bitondi, 2000, Journal of insect physiology.

Standard methods for physiology and biochemistry research in Apis mellifera

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, É. D. Tanaka, 2013 .

Transcriptome Analysis of Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) Haploid and Diploid Embryos Reveals Early Zygotic Transcription during Cleavage

P. Dearden, A. Cristino, Z. Simões, 2016, PloS one.

Dietary dopamine causes ovary activation in queenless Apis mellifera workers

Z. Simões, Zilá Luz Paulino Simões, M. M. Bitondi, 2003 .

Microsatellite loci for the carpenter bee Xylocopa frontalis (Apidae, Xylocopini)

Z. Simões, M. C. Arias, E. Françoso, 2012, Conservation Genetics Resources.

Honey bee reproduction: vitellogenin and caste-specific regulation of fertility.

Z. Simões, W. Engels, H. Kaatz, 1990 .

A comparative analysis of highly conserved sex-determining genes between Apis mellifera and Drosophila melanogaster.

A. Cristino, Z. Simões, L. F. Costa, 2006, Genetics and molecular research : GMR.

Molecular underpinnings of the early brain developmental response to differential feeding in the honey bee Apis mellifera.

D. G. Pinheiro, A. Cristino, Z. Simões, 2021, Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms.

Ecdysteroid titer and reproduction in queens and workers of the honey bee and of a stingless bee: loss of ecdysteroid function at increasing levels of sociality?

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, M. Bitondi, 2002, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology.

Circadian clock genes are differentially modulated during the daily cycles and chronological age in the social honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Z. Simões, Fabiano C. P. Abreu, F. C. Freitas, 2018, Apidologie.

Vitellogenin of the solitary bees Centris tarsata and Centris analis (Hymenoptera: Apidae): cDNA structural analysis and gene expression

Z. Simões, A. Lourenço, A. C. Dias, 2020 .

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) transferrin-gene structure and the role of ecdysteroids in the developmental regulation of its expression.

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, A. Barchuk, 2004, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology.

Mars is close to venus--female reproductive proteins are expressed in the fat body and reproductive tract of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) drones.

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, K. R. Guidugli-Lazzarini, 2010, Journal of insect physiology.

Morphometric and genetic changes in a population of Apis mellifera after 34 years of Africanization.

M. Drauschke, D. Wittmann, V. Steinhage, 2009, Genetics and molecular research : GMR.

Protein profiles of testes, seminal vesicles and accessory glands of honey bee pupae and their relation to the ecdysteroid titer

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, R. P. Dallacqua, 2011, Apidologie.

Vitellogenin of the solitary bees Centris tarsata and Centris analis (Hymenoptera: Apidae): cDNA structural analysis and gene expression

Z. Simões, A. Lourenço, A. C. Dias, 2020, Apidologie.

Effects of juvenile hormone and ecdysone on the timing of vitellogenin appearance in hemolymph of queen and worker pupae of Apis mellifera

Z. Simões, A. Barchuk, M. M. Bitondi, 2002, Journal of Insect Science.

Ventral nerve cord remodeling in a stingless bee (Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides, Hymenoptera, Apidae) depends on ecdysteroid fluctuation and programmed cell death.

K. Hartfelder, Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, 2003, The International journal of developmental biology.

Higher fertility of queenless workers in the Africanized honey bee

Z. Simões, W. Engels, A. Zillikens, 1998, Insectes Sociaux.

Validation of reference genes for gene expression studies in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, by quantitative real-time RT-PCR

A. Cristino, Z. Simões, A. Lourenço, 2008, Apidologie.

Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species

Timothy B Sackton, Robert M. Waterhouse, Andrew K. Jones, 2010, Science.

Mispatterning in the ommatidia of Apis mellifera pupae treated with a juvenile hormone analogue

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, I. C. Boleli, 2001, Journal of morphology.

Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living

Robert M. Waterhouse, Seth M. Barribeau, Sarah D. Kocher, 2015, Science.

In vitro secretion of ecdysteroid-dependent proteins and of a 70 kDa subunit reactive to anti-prophenoloxidase serum by Apis mellifera integument

Z. Simões, M. M. Bitondi, Nínive Aguiar Colonello, 2003 .