Effects of carbon dioxide narcosis on ovary activation and gene expression in worker honeybees, Apis mellifera

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Koywiwattrakul, Preeyada ^a   Thompson, Graham J ^b   Sitthipraneed, Sririporn ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^b   Maleszka, Ryszard ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Genes for sterility; Quantitative PCR; Reproductive division of labor; Social insects; Transferrin; Vitellogenin; Worker sterility

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 28044445878     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jis/5.1.36     Document Type: Article

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