Shift work has a genetic basis in honeybee pollen foragers (Apis mellifera L.)

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-328

  Bernhard Kraus, F ^a   Gerecke, Eve ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Chronotype; Division of labour; Honeybee; Microsatellites; Morningness eveningness

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; INSECT SOCIETY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PATERNITY; POLLEN; TIME; WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLLEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79952438096     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9382-9     Document Type: Article

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