Period expression in the honey bee brain is developmentally regulated and not affected by light, flight experience, or colony type

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 879-891

  Bloch, G ^a   Rubinstein, C D ^b,c   Robinson, G E ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological clock; Brain; Circadian rhythms; Clock gene; Honey bee; Social insects

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 11144222710     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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