Brock A. Harpur
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
81
Citations
1,890
Est. group size
~9
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
19
Publishing since 2008
Brock A. Harpur's research focuses on the genetics and genomics of honey bees, examining topics such as caste determination (queen vs. worker development), mate selection and drone quality, genetic diversity, disease resistance, and the evolutionary origins of bee venom genes. This work combines molecular biology, population genetics, and behavioral studies to understand honey bee biology and inform breeding and conservation practices.
Publication output has been fairly steady at 5-7 papers per year for most of the past decade, with a notable peak of 11 in 2024.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- The life history of recessive deleterious alleles as seen through the eyes of a honey bee ( <i>Apis mellifera</i> )
Molecular Biology and Evolution · 2026
- Intragenomic conflict associated with extreme phenotypic plasticity in queen-worker caste determination in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Genome biology · 2025
- Eye can see clearly now: Identifying the locus associated with a white‐eye mutation in honey bees ( <scp> <i>Apis mellifera</i> </scp> )
Insect Molecular Biology · 2025
- Standard methods for rearing and selection of <i>Apis mellifera</i> queens 2.0
Journal of Apicultural Research · 2024
- To house or oust: Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies can evaluate and evict drones of low quality
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 2024
- Individual and social heterosis act independently in honey bee (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) colonies
Journal of Heredity · 2024
- On the distribution and diversity of tissue-specific somatic mutations in honey bee (Apis mellifera) drones
Insectes Sociaux · 2024
- Motion-Based Domain Randomization for Detecting Honey Bees Inside a Hive
Electronic Imaging · 2024
- Intragenomic conflict underlies extreme phenotypic plasticity in queen-worker caste determination in honey bees ( <i>Apis mellifera</i> )
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024
- New records of two adventive bee species in Indiana (Hymenoptera: Colletidae; Megachilidae)
The Great Lakes Entomologist · 2024
- CRISPR-induced DNA reorganization for multiplexed nucleic acid detection
Nature Communications · 2023
- Prevalent bee venom genes evolved before the aculeate stinger and eusociality
BMC Biology · 2023
- Breeding honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) for low and high Varroa destructor population growth: Gene expression of bees performing grooming behavior
Frontiers in Insect Science · 2023
- Honey bee stocks exhibit high levels of intra-colony variation in viral loads
Journal of Apicultural Research · 2023
- Honey bee stocks exhibit high levels of intra-colony variation in viral loads
Figshare · 2023
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×7
- Genome Biology and Evolution×5
- Apidologie×4
- Scientific Reports×4
- Molecular Ecology×3
- Rebecca R. Westwick
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University
- Sonny B. Ramaswamy
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Aryel C. Goes
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University
- Krispn Given
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Michael E. Scharf
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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