Genetics of reproduction and regulation of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) social behavior

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-119

  Page, Robert E ^a   Rueppell, Olav ^b   Amdam, Gro V ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR; RAPAMYCIN; VITELLOGENIN;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; FOOD STORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC EPISTASIS; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 84867678464     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: 15452948     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-110711-155610     Document Type: Article

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