Neuro-endocrine correlates of ovarian development and egg-laying behaviors in the primitively eusocial wasp (Polistes chinensis)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 940-949

  Sasaki, Ken ^a   Yamasaki, Kazuhisa ^b   Nagao, Takashi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Dopamine; Hymenoptera; Reproduction; Social insects

Indexed keywords

AMINE;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BRAIN; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

AMINES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; OVARY; OVIPOSITION; WASPS;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES CHINENSIS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 34548156912     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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