Gonadotropic and physiological functions of juvenile hormone in bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) workers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Shpigler, Hagai ^a   Amsalem, Etya ^b   Huang, Zachary Y ^c   Cohen, Mira ^a   Siegel, Adam J ^a   Hefetz, Abraham ^b   Bloch, Guy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; JUVENILE HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FAT BODY; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; VITELLOGENESIS; WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEE; CORPUS ALLATUM; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURGERY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORPORA ALLATA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPINS; HEMOLYMPH; JUVENILE HORMONES; OOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 84903530863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100650     Document Type: Article

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