Environment- and age-dependent plasticity of synaptic complexes in the mushroom bodies of honeybee queens.

doi:10.1159/000092309

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Environment- and age-dependent plasticity of synaptic complexes in the mushroom bodies of honeybee queens.

Brain, behavior and evolution - 1 Jan 2006

Groh Claudia, Ahrens Dirk, Rossler Wolfgang

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Diversity in behavior plays a crucial role for the division of labor in insect societies. Social insects such as honeybees provide excellent model systems to investigate neuronal principles underlying behavioral plasticity. The two female castes, queens and workers, differ substantially in anatomy, physiology, aging and behavior. The different phenotypes are induced by environmental factors rather than genetic...

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Animals
Bees
Behavior, Animal
Developmental Biology
Female
Male
Mushroom Bodies
Neuronal Plasticity
Phenotype
Pupa
Sex Characteristics
Sex Differentiation
Social Environment
Synapses
Temperature

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PMID: 16557021
DOI: 10.1159/000092309

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