Genetic and Hormonal Regulation of Worker Behavioural Development in Honey Bees
Giray, Tugrul
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Description
Title
Genetic and Hormonal Regulation of Worker Behavioural Development in Honey Bees
Author(s)
Giray, Tugrul
Issue Date
1997
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Robinson, Gene E.
Department of Study
Entomology
Discipline
Entomology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Biology, Animal Physiology
Language
eng
Abstract
How such plastic physiological and genetic regulation mechanisms for behavioral development might have evolved in the highly eusocial insects has been studied only theoretically. I performed three experiments with male honey bees (drones) to investigate how mechanisms regulating worker behavioral development may have evolved. I demonstrated common hormonal and genetic mechanisms regulating behavioral development in workers and drones, which suggests that these mechanisms did not evolve strictly within the context of worker social behavior.
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