Towards a molecular definition of worker sterility: differential gene expression and reproductive plasticity in honey bees
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2006
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Thompson, Graham J
Kucharski, Robert
Maleszka, Ryszard
Oldroyd, Benjamin P
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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We show that differences in the reproductive development of honey bee workers are associated with locus-specific changes to abundance of messenger RNA. Using a cross-fostering field experiment to control for differences related to age and environment, we
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Keywords: animal; article; bee; DNA microarray; female; female infertility; fertility; gene; gene expression profiling; gene expression regulation; genetics; ovary; physiology; social behavior; Animals; Bees; Female; Fertility; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expre cDNA microarrays; Major royal jelly proteins; Niemann-Pick c proteins; Sociogenomics
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Insect Molecular Biology
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