Shared genes related to aggression, rather than chemical communication, are associated with reproductive dominance in paper wasps (Polistes metricus)

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Toth, Amy L ^a   Tooker, John F ^b   Radhakrishnan, Srihari ^a   Minard, Robert ^c   Henshaw, Michael T ^d   Grozinger, Christina M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Chemical communication; Genomics; Pheromones; Social behavior; Wasps

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HONEYBEE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; POLISTES METRICUS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; WASP; WORKER (INSECT);

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MUS; POLISTES; POLISTES METRICUS; POLISTINAE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; HYDROCARBONS; INSECT PROTEINS; PHEROMONES; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

EID: 84896718204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-75     Document Type: Article

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