Getting a buzz out of the bee genome

Genome Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Ashburner, Michael ^a   Kyriacou, Charalambos P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BEE VENOM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY SEX DETERMINER PROTEIN; CRYPTOCHROME; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; CYTOSINE 5 METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DOUBLESEX PROTEIN; FORAGING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MAHYA PROTEIN; PERIOD PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TIMELESS PROTEIN; TIMEOUT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CYCLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AT RICH SEQUENCE; BEE STING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CPG ISLAND; DIPLOIDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HAPLOIDY; HONEYBEE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME; HYMENOPTERA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33750805532     PISSN: 1474760X     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-10-239     Document Type: Short Survey

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