Cloning and expression of PKG, a candidate foraging regulating gene in Vespula vulgaris

Animal Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-351

  Tobback, Julie ^a   Heylen, Kevin ^b   Gobin, Bruno ^c   Wenseleers, Tom ^d   Billen, Johan ^d   Arckens, Lut ^b   Huybrechts, Roger ^a  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (Belgium)

^b Department of Biology   (Belgium)

^c Research Station of Gorsem   (Belgium)

^d Laboratory of Entomology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amfor; Foraging; Molecular ethology; PKG; Vespula vulgaris

Indexed keywords

CLONE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASP;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; POGONOMYRMEX BARBATUS; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 66849137830     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075608X383665     Document Type: Article

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