Larval and nurse worker control of developmental plasticity and the evolution of honey bee queen-worker dimorphism

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1939-1948

  Linksvayer, T A ^a,b   Kaftanoglu, O ^a   Akyol, E ^c   Blatch, S ^a,d   Amdam, G V ^a,e   Page, R E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d STEVENSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allometry; Developmental evolution; Eusociality; Indirect genetic effects; Interacting phenotypes

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EUSOCIALITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HONEYBEE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; QUEEN; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TIMESCALE; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; OVARY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; OVARY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 80051667969     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02331.x     Document Type: Article

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