Regulation of honeybee worker (apis mellifera) life histories by vitellogenin

Hormones, Brain and Behavior Online

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1003-1027

  Amdam, G V ^a,b   Ihle, K E ^a   Page, R E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Evolutionary co option; Foraging; Insulin insulin like signaling; Juvenile hormone; Life span; RNA interference (RNAi); Social behavior; Task bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884796952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008088783-8.00029-2     Document Type: Chapter

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