Regulation of hypopharyngeal gland activity and oogenesis in honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 716-725

  Wegener, Jakob ^a   Huang, Zachary Y ^b   Lorenz, Matthias W ^c   Bienefeld, Kaspar ^a  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid; Fertility; Honey bee worker; Hypopharyngeal glands; Ovaries; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; VITELLOGENIN;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILITY; HONEYBEE; HORMONE; PARENTAL CARE; PLEIOTROPY; PROTEIN; SECRETION; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; HYPOPHARYNX; METABOLISM; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HYPOPHARYNX; OOGENESIS; OVARY; VITELLOGENINS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 67549099047     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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