Nutrition affects longevity and gene expression in honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers

Apidologie

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 618-625

  Wang, Huan ^a,c   Zhang, Shao Wu ^b   Zeng, Zhi Jiang ^a   Yan, Wei Yu ^a  

^a JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; gene expression; longevity; pollen; royal jelly

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEY; LONGEVITY; NECTAR; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84906230741     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0276-3     Document Type: Article

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