Downregulation of vitellogenin gene activity increases the gustatory responsiveness of honey bee workers (Apis mellifera)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-205

  Amdam, Gro V ^a,b   Norberg, Kari ^b   Page Jr , Robert E ^a   Erber, Joachim ^c   Scheiner, Ricarda ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gustatory responsiveness; Honey bee worker; Juvenile hormone; Sensory sensitivity; Social behavior; Vitellogenin gene

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HEMOLYMPH; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; JUVENILE HORMONES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUCROSE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER;

EID: 33645054569     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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