Correlated expression patterns of microRNA genes with age-dependent behavioural changes in honeybee

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-439

  Behura, S K ^a,b   Whitfield, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; behaviour; brain; expression; microRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRON; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTRONS; MICRORNAS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; UP-REGULATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 77954323679     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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