Wasp gene expression supports an evolutionary link between maternal behavior and eusociality

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5849, 2007, Pages 441-444

  Toth, Amy L ^a   Varala, Kranthi ^a   Newman, Thomas C ^a   Miguez, Fernando E ^a   Hutchison, Stephen K ^b   Willoughby, David A ^b   Simons, Jan Fredrik ^b   Egholm, Michael ^b   Hunt, James H ^c   Hudson, Matthew E ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b 454 Life Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HONEYBEE; MATERNAL CARE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; WASP;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NUTRITION; ORTHOLOGY; POLISTES METRICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

APIS MELLIFERA; POLISTES METRICUS;

EID: 35348932160     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1146647     Document Type: Article

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