Nutritional regulation of division of labor in honey bees: Toward a systems biology perspective

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 566-576

  Ament, Seth A ^a   Wang, Ying ^b   Robinson, Gene E ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79952115883     PISSN: 19395094     EISSN: 1939005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.73     Document Type: Article

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