Nutrition and division of labor: Effects on foraging and brain gene expression in the paper wasp Polistes metricus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5337-5347

  Daugherty, T H F ^a   Toth, A L ^b   Robinson, G E ^a  

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

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

foraging; gene expression; insulin pathway; nutrition; social behaviour

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WASP;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME; WASPS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOCRITA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POLISTES METRICUS; POLISTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 82955239971     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05344.x     Document Type: Article

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