What is the main driver of ageing in long-lived winter honeybees: Antioxidant enzymes, innate immunity, or vitellogenin?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 633-639

  Aurori, Cristian M ^a   Buttstedt, Anja ^a,b   Dezmirean, Daniel S ^a   Mǎrghitaş, Liviu A ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^a,b,c   Erler, Silvio ^a,b  

^a Departamentul de Tehnologii Apicole Şi Sericicole Universitatea de Ştiinţe Agricole Şi Medicinǎ Veterinarǎ ^*  (Romania)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antioxidative enzymes; Apis mellifera; Innate immunity; Social insect Senescence

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; VITELLOGENIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIOXIDATIVE ENZYMES; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT SOCIETY; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SENESCENCE.;

ANTIOXIDATIVE ENZYMES; APIS MELLIFERA; INNATE IMMUNITY; SENESCENCE.; SOCIAL INSECT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SEASONS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 84900993027     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt134     Document Type: Article

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