Size-dependent foraging gene expression and behavioral caste differentiation in Bombus ignitus

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kodaira, Yosuke ^a   Ohtsuki, Hajime ^a   Yokoyama, Jun ^a,b   Kawata, Masakado ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; BOMBUS IGNITUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77249146923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-184     Document Type: Article

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