Regulation of behaviorally associated gene networks in worker honey bee ovaries

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-134

  Wang, Ying ^a   Kocher, Sarah D ^b   Linksvayer, Timothy A ^c   Grozinger, Christina M ^b   Page, Robert E ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^a,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Division of labor; Ecdysteroid signaling; Honey bee; Ovarian transcriptome; Ovary size; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84855397161     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.060889     Document Type: Article

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