Expression of insulin pathway genes during the period of caste determination in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 597-602

  Wheeler, D E ^a   Buck, N ^a   Evans, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste determination; Chico; Insulin receptor; Insulin like peptide; PTEN

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSULIN; LARVA; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 33750431066     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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