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?

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-216

  Hartfelder, K ^a   Bitondi, M M G ^a   Santana, W C ^a   Simoes Z L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Ecdysone; Juvenile hormone; Melipona quadrifasciata; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; JUVENILE HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HONEYBEE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; VESPIDAE;

ANIMAL; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036006618     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00100-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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