Ovarian regulation of foraging division of labour in Africanized backcross and pollen-hoarding honeybees

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 653-658

  Siegel, Adam J ^a   Kaftanoglu, Osman ^a   Fondrk, M Kim ^a,b   Smith, Nathan R ^b   Page, Robert E ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Associated separate gene hypothesis; Backcross; Division of labour; Foraging; Gene association; Honeybee; Ovary; Reproductive ground plan hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARBOHYDRATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HONEYBEE; LIFE CYCLE; NECTAR; POLLEN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEIN; SIZE EFFECT; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION;

AFRICA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84857058790     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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