Allele specific expression in worker reproduction genes in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

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Volumn 2015, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Amarasinghe, Harindra E ^a   Toghill, Bradley J ^a   Nathanael, Despina ^a   Mallon, Eamonn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Epigenetics; Hymenoptera; Social insect

Indexed keywords

DOP3 PROTEIN; ECDYSONE 20 MONOOXYGENASE; ECDYSONE INDUCIBLE GENE L2; ECDYSTEROID REGULATED GENE E93; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA; MEGATOR PROTEIN; ODORANT RECEPTOR 2; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L26; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE SPECIFIC EXPRESSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BUMBLEBEE; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; REPRODUCTION GENE; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; WORKER (INSECT);

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84937915611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1079     Document Type: Article

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