Differential regulation of the foraging gene associated with task behaviors in harvester ants

BMC Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ingram, Krista K ^a   Kleeman, Lindsay ^a   Peteru, Swetha ^a  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANT; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SOCIAL INSECT; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; POGONOMYRMEX;

CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 81155158404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-11-19     Document Type: Article

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