Diet-dependent gene expression in honey bees: Honey vs. sucrose or high fructose corn syrup

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wheeler, Marsha M ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN SYRUP; INSECT PROTEIN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BEE; DIET; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HONEY; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BEES; DIET; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP; HONEY; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SUCROSE;

EID: 84904608372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05726     Document Type: Article

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