Genotype effect on regulation of behaviour by vitellogenin supports reproductive origin of honeybee foraging bias

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1001-1006

  Ihle, Kate E ^a   Page Jr , Robert E ^a   Frederick, Katy ^a   Fondrk, M Kim ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; honeybee; juvenile hormone; reproductive ground plan hypothesis; RNA interference; social foraging; vitellogenin yolk protein

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; HORMONE; PROTEIN; RNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77950857535     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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