Social Epigenetics Lab
Publications
- Adams, S., Pathak, P., Kittelmann, M., Jones, A.R.C., Mallon, E.B. & Pires da Silva, A.(Submitted) Behavioural and developmental plasticity offsets the cost of outcrossing in a three-sexed nematode. Molecular Ecology
- Harrison, H.C., Mallon, E.B. & Hammond, R.L.(Submitted) Reservoirs of hidden genetic variation in the bumble bee, Bombus terrestris. Molecular Ecology
- Pozo, M., Hunt, B.J., Mallon, E.B. et al. (2021) The effect of DNA methylation on bumblebee colony development. BMC Genomics 22, 73
- Marshall, H. van Zweden, J.S., Van Geystelen, A., Benaets, K., Wäckers, F., Mallon, E.B. & Wenseleers, T. (2020) Genome-wide search for parent-of-origin allele specific expression in Bombus terrestris. Evolution Letters
- Marshall, H., Jones, A.R.C., Lonsdale, Z.N., & Mallon, E.B. (2020) Bumblebee worker castes show differences in allele-specific DNA methylation and allele-specific expression. Genome Biology and Evolution
- Jones, A.R.C. & Mallon, E.B. (2020) Evidence of capacitation in the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia vitripennis and its potential role in sex allocation Ecology and Evolution 0:1-9
- Marshall, H., Lonsdale, Z.N., & Mallon, E.B. (2019) Methylation and Gene Expression Differences Between Reproductive Castes of Bumblebee Workers. Evolution Letters. 3(5) pp 485-499.
- Hunt, B.J., Mallon, E.B. & Rosato E. (2019) In silico identification of a molecular circadian system with novel features in the crustacean model organism Parhyale hawaiensis. Frontiers in Physiology.10 p1325
- Harrison, M.C., Mallon, E.B., Twell, D. & Hammond, R.L. (2019) Deleterious mutation accumulation in Arabidophis thaliana pollen genes: a role for a recent relaxation of selection. Genome Biology and Evolution Volume 11, Issue 7 Pages 1939–1951.
- Bebane, P., Hunt, B.J. Pegoraro, M., Jones, A. M., Marshall, H., Rosato, E., & Mallon, E.B. (2019) The neonicotinoid, imidicloprid affects gene expression and methylation in the buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Proc. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 286 (1905).
- Price, J., Harrison, M.C., Hammond, R.L., Adams, S., Gutierrez-Marcos J.F., & Mallon, E.B. (2018) Alternative splicing associated with phenotypic plasticity in the bumble bee Bombus terrestris Molecular Ecology 27 (4) pp 1036-1043
- Lonsdale, Z.N., Lee, K.D., Kyriakidou, M., Amarasinghe, H.E., Nathanael, D., O'Connor, C.J. & Mallon, E.B. (2017) Allele specific expression and methylation in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. PeerJ 5:e3798
- Pegoraro, M., Marshall, H., Lonsdale, Z.N., & Mallon, E.B. (2017) Do social insects support Haig's kin theory for the evolution of genomic imprinting? Epigenetics. 12(9) pp 725 - 742doi:10.1080/15592294.2017.1348445. Author version available on the Leicester research archive.
- Mallon, E. B., Amarasinghe, H. E., & Ott. S.R (2016) Acute and chronic gregarisation are associated with distinct DNA methylation fingerprints in desert locusts. Scientific reports 6, 35608; doi: 10.1038/srep35608
- Haniza M.Z.H., Adams S., Jones E.P., MacNicoll A., Mallon E.B., Smith R.H., Lambert M.S. (2015) Large-scale structure of brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) populations in England: effects on rodenticide resistance. PeerJ 3:e1458
- Amarasinghe, H. E., Toghill, B.J., Nathanael D. & Mallon, E.B (2015) Allele specific expression in worker reproduction genes in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. PeerJ 3: e1079
- Toghill B.J, Saratzis A., Harrison S.C., Verissimo A.R., Mallon E.B., Bown M.J. (2015) The potential role of DNA methylation in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Atherosclerosis. 241(1) pp 121-129
- Harrison, M.C., Hammond, R.L. & Mallon, E.B. (2015) Reproductive workers show queen-like gene expression in an intermediately eusocial insect, the buff-tailed bumble bee Bombus terrestris Molecular Ecology 24 (12) pp 3043 - 3063 (preprint available on BioRxiv, peer reviewed manuscript available on LRA)
- Sadd BM, Barribeau SM, Bloch G, de Graaf DC, Dearden P, Elsik CG, et al. (2015) The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organisation. Genome Biol 16:76
- Riddell, C.E., Lobaton Garces, J.D., Adams, S., Barribeau, S.M., Twell, D. & Mallon, E.B. (2014) Differential gene expression and alternative splicing in insect immune specificity BMC Genomics 15:1031
- Mallon, E. B, Alghamdi A., Holdbrook, R.T.K.& Rosato, E (2014) Immune stimulation reduces sleep and memory ability in Drosophila melanogaster. PeerJ. 2:e434
- Amarasinghe, H. E., Clayton, C. I. & Mallon, E. B. (2014) Methylation and worker reproduction in the bumble-bee (Bombus terrestris). Proc. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci.281, 20132502. Press release / Science News article
- Deshwal, S. and Mallon, E.B. (2014) Antimicrobial peptides play a functional role in bumblebee anti-trypanosome defense. Development and Comparative Immunology. Vol. 42. pp. 240-243 Preprint available on BioRxiv
- Smith, C., Ondračková, M., Spence, R., Adams, Sally, Betts, D. S. and Mallon, E. (2011) Pathogen-mediated selection for MHC variability in wild zebrafish. Evolutionary Ecology Research, Vol.67 (No.4). pp. 217-218. ISSN 1522-0613
- Riddell CE, Sumner S, Adams S, and Mallon EB (2011) Pathways to immunity: temporal dynamics of the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) immune response against a trypanosome gut parasite. Insect Molecular Biology 20 (4) 529-540
- Riddell CE, Adams S, Schmid-Hempel P and Mallon EB (2009) Differential expression of immune defences is associated with specific host-parasite interactions in insects. PLOS One 4 (10) 135-138 e7621
- Alghamdi A, Raine NE, Rosato E, and Mallon EB (2009) No evidence for an evolutionary trade-off between learning and immunity in a social insect. Biology Letters 5 (1) 55-57
- Alghamdi A, Dalton L, Phillis A., Rosato E, and Mallon EB (2008) Immune response impairs learning in free-flying insects. Biology Letters 4 (5) 479-481
- Tyler ER, Adams S and Mallon EB (2006) An immune response in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris leads to increased food consumption. BMC Physiology 6:6
- Riddell CE and Mallon EB (2006) Insect psychoneuroimmunology: Immune response reduces learning in protein starved bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Brain, Behavior and Immunity 20 (2) 135-138
- Pratt SC, Sumpter DB, Mallon EB and Franks NR (2005) An agent based decision model of nest-moving in social insects. Animal Behaviour 70 (5) 1023-1036
- Mallon EB and Schmid-Hempel P (2004) Behavioural interactions, kin and disease susceptibility in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17(4) 829-833
- Mallon EB, Brockman A and Schmid-Hempel P (2003) Immune function inhibits memory formation in the honeybee Apis melifera. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 270 (1526) 1843-1847
- Mallon EB, Loosli R and Schmid-Hempel P (2003) Specific vs non-specific immune defence in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris L. Evolution 57 (6) 1444-1447
- Franks NR, Mallon EB, Bray HE, Hamilton MJ & Mischler TC. (2003) Strategies for choosing between alternatives with different attributes: exemplified by house-hunting ants. Animal Behaviour 65 (1) 215-223
- Franks NR, Britton NF, Mallon EB, Pratt SC and Sumpter DB (2002) Information flow and collective intelligence in house hunting social insects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (London) B 357 (1427): 1567-1583
- Pratt SC, Mallon EB, Sumpter DB and Franks NR (2002) Quorum-dependent recruitment and collective decision-making during colony emigration by the ant Leptothorax albipennis. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 52 (2): 117-127
- Mugford ST, Mallon EB and Franks NR (2001) The accuracy of Buffon's needle: a rule of thumb used by ants to estimate area. Behavioral Ecology 12 (6): 655-658
- Mallon EB, Pratt SC and Franks NR (2001) Individual and collective decision-making during nest site selection by the ant Leptothorax albipennis. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 50: 353-359
- Mallon EB and Franks NR (2000) Ants estimate area using Buffon’s needle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 267 (1445) 765-770