Aging and its modulation in a long-lived worker caste of the honey bee

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1638-1649

  Münch, Daniel ^a   Kreibich, Claus D ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Learning; Lipofuscin; Senescence

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAIN; CELL AGING; CYTOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUORESCENCE; HONEY; HYPOPHARYNX; LEARNING; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEASON; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; CELL AGING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUORESCENCE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HONEY; HYPOPHARYNX; LEARNING; LIPOFUSCIN; LONGEVITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84876887257     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.078915     Document Type: Article

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