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Towards a molecular definition of worker sterility: differential gene expression and reproductive plasticity in honey bees

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Authors

Thompson, Graham J

Kucharski, Robert

Maleszka, Ryszard

Oldroyd, Benjamin P

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

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

Keywords

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

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/34578

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Insect Molecular Biology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00678.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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