Representational Difference Analysis (RDA) reveals differential expression of conserved as well as novel genes during caste-specific development of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) ovary

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 602-612

  Humann, Fernanda C ^a   Hartfelder, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caste development; Cell death; Differential gene expression; Ovary development; Suppression subtractive hybridization

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GENOME; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79959513976     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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