Insulin-like peptide response to nutritional input in honey bee workers

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 69, Issue C, 2014, Pages 49-55

  Ihle, Kate E ^a,b   Baker, Nicholas A ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Insulin insulin like signaling; Nutritional homeostasis

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; BEE; BODY WEIGHT; FAT BODY; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; NUTRITION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY WEIGHT; FAT BODY; LONGEVITY; NUTRITION PROCESSES; SOMATOMEDINS; SUCROSE;

EID: 84933496570     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.05.026     Document Type: Article

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