Douglas Elias Santos

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

Flávia Cristina de Paula Freitas, A. P. Lourenço, Francis Morais Franco Nunes et al. · BMC Genomics · 2020 · 37 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Genetics +10

Testis development and spermatogenesis in drones of the honey bee, Apis mellifera L.

Denyse Cavalcante Lago, Juliana Ramos Martins, Rodrigo Pires Dallacqua et al. · Apidologie · 2020 · 30 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +17

Mitochondrial structure and dynamics as critical factors in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) caste development

Douglas Elias Santos, Luciane C. Alberici, Klaus Hartfelder · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2016 · 29 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +11

Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) fat body persists through metamorphosis with a few apoptotic cells and an increased autophagy

Douglas Elias Santos, Dihego Oliveira Azevedo, Lúcio Antônio Oliveira Campos et al. · PROTOPLASMA · 2014 · 27 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +14

Differential expression of antioxidant system genes in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) caste development mitigates ROS-mediated oxidative damage in queen larvae

Douglas Elias Santos, Anderson de Oliveira Souza, Gustavo Jacomini Tibério et al. · Genetics and Molecular Biology · 2020 · 19 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Entomology +17