Developmentally determined attenuation in circadian rhythms links chronobiology to social organization in bees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1044-1051

  Yerushalmi, Shai ^a   Bodenhaimer, Shalev ^a   Bloch, Guy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Bumblebee; Circadian rhythm; Division of labor; Size polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 33645776969     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02125     Document Type: Article

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