Insulin-like peptides (amilp1 and amilp2) differentially affect female caste development in the honey bee (apis mellifera l.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4347-4357

  Wang, Ying ^a   Azevedo, Sergio V ^b   Hartfelder, Klaus ^b   Amdam, Gro V ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body mass; Carbohydrate metabolism; Caste development; Insulin insulin like growth factor 1 signaling (IIS); Juvenile hormone (JH); Morphological trait; Ovariole number; Queen worker differentiation; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSECT PROTEIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; TREHALOSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CASTE DEVELOPMENT; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; HISTOLOGY; INSULIN/INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1 SIGNALING (IIS); JUVENILE HORMONE (JH); LARVA; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; OVARIOLE NUMBER; PHYSIOLOGY; QUEEN-WORKER DIFFERENTIATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CASTE DEVELOPMENT; INSULIN/INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1 SIGNALING (IIS); JUVENILE HORMONE (JH); MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; OVARIOLE NUMBER; QUEEN-WORKER DIFFERENTIATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY SIZE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; PEPTIDES; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TREHALOSE;

EID: 84889074849     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.085779     Document Type: Article

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