Epigenetic modification of gene expression in honey bees by heterospecific gland secretions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Shi, Yuan Yuan ^a   Wu, Xiao Bo ^a   Huang, Zachary Y ^b   Wang, Zi Long ^a   Yan, Wei Yu ^a   Zeng, Zhi Jiang ^a  

^a JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; ROYAL JELLY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

APIS CERANA; ARTICLE; BEE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FATTY ACIDS; MICRORNAS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84865172610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043727     Document Type: Article

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