Kathe Thuesen Munk: Sex determination and female development in honey bees
PhD defence, Thursday 13 March 2014. Kathe Thuesen Munk
A single gene with an astonishing diversity controls development of honey bee embryos into either males or females through the mechanism complementary sex determination. Kathe has studied how these variations at the molecular level guides sex-specific development of progeny. In addition, studies of how environmental factors influences caste-specific development of female larvae into either sterile workers or reproductive queens has been conducted.
The PhD degree was completed at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science and Technology, Aarhus University.
Time: Thursday March 13 2014
Place: Auditorium, Research Centre Foulum, Aarhus University
Title of dissertation: Molecular biology of the honey bee: Complementary sex determination and female caste development
Contact information: Kathe Thuesen Munk, e-mail: Kathe.Munk@agrsci.dk
Members of the assessment committee:
Professor Maria Alice Pinto, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, CIMO-Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Portugal
Professor Andone Estonba, Dept. of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Univ. of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain
Associate Professor Bo Thomsen (formand), Institut for Molekylærbiologi og Genetik, Aarhus Universitet
Main supervisor:
Professor Christian Bendixen, Institut for Molekylærbiologi og Genetik, Aarhus Universitet
Co-supervisor:
Associate professor Frank Panitz, Institut for Molekylærbiologi og Genetik, Aarhus Universitet
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English
The defence is public.
The dissertation is available for reading at the Graduate School of Science and Technology/GSST, Ny Munkegade 120, bygning 1521, lokale 112, 8000 Aarhus C.