Is the number of antennal plate organs (sensilla placodea) greater in hygienic than in non-hygienic Africanized honey bees?

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-316

  Peres Gramacho, Kátia ^a   Segui Gonçalves, Lionel ^b   Stort, Antônio Carlos ^c   Backx Noronha, Adriana ^b  

^a Biomedicine School and Professional Mastersin Bioenergy   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bee; Antennae; Flagellomere; Honey bee; Hygienic behavior; Plate organs; Sensilla placodea

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; HYGIENE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BEE; HISTOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HYGIENE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ODORS; SENSE ORGANS;

EID: 2542431186     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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