Social regulation of maternal traits in nest-founding bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) queens

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 3474-3482

  Woodard, S Hollis ^a   Bloch, Guy ^b   Band, Mark R ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genomics; Microarrays; Nest initiation; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAIN; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROARRAYS; NEST INITIATION; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

GENOMICS; MICROARRAYS; NEST INITIATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84883166278     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.087403     Document Type: Article

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