Molecular heterochrony and the evolution of sociality in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1780, 2014, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Cooperative brood care; Eusociality; Gene expression; Microarrays

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); MATERNAL CARE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUEEN; SIBLING; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; BUMBLEBEE; COOPERATIVE BROOD CARE; DNA MICROARRAY; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MICROARRAYS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

BUMBLEBEES; COOPERATIVE BROOD CARE; EUSOCIALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAYS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, INSECT; GENETICS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

EID: 84902792587     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2419     Document Type: Article

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