Reduced expression of major royal jelly protein 1 gene in the mushroom bodies of worker honeybees with reduced learning ability

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-202

  Hojo, Masaru ^a,b   Kagami, Takahiro ^a   Sasaki, Tetsuhiko ^a   Nakamura, Jun ^a   Sasaki, Masami ^a  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Differential display; Gene expression; Mrjp; Social environment

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAIN; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; MEMORY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN; SOCIAL INSECT; SUCROSE; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77950530892     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009075     Document Type: Article

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