Brain transcriptomic analysis in paper wasps identifies genes associated with behaviour across social insect lineages

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1691, 2010, Pages 2139-2148

  Toth, Amy L ^a,c,d   Várala, Kranthi ^a   Henshaw, Michael T ^b   Rodriguez Zas, Sandra L ^a   Hudson, Matthew E ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^a  

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

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labour; Foraging behaviour; Gene expression; Honeybee; Microarray; Paper wasp

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRAIN; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; LABOR DIVISION; LIPID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

EID: 77955389048     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0090     Document Type: Article

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