Surgically increased ovarian mass in the honey bee confirms link between reproductive physiology and worker behavior

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1816-1824

  Wang, Ying ^a   Kaftanoglu, Osman ^a   Siegel, Adam J ^a   Page, Robert E ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioral development; Division of labor; HR46; Ovary size; Sterility; Tissue grafting; Vitellogenin; Worker bee

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; LABOR DIVISION; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STERILITY; WEIGHT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECDYSTEROIDS; FAT BODY; FEMALE; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITELLOGENINS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77958507393     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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