Regulation of Honeybee Worker (Apis mellifera) Life Histories by Vitellogenin

Gyan P. Harwood; Kate E. Ihle; Heli Salmela; Gro Amdam

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-803592-4.00036-5

Regulation of Honeybee Worker (Apis mellifera) Life Histories by Vitellogenin

Gyan P. Harwood, Kate E. Ihle, Heli Salmela, Gro Amdam

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Abstract

Vitellogenin is an egg-yolk precursor protein common to all oviparous animals. This ancient protein is well conserved across taxa, but in the honeybee (Apis mellifera) it has evolved far beyond its reproductive function and now plays key roles in regulating social behavior, promoting longevity, protecting the organism from cellular stress, and defending the colony against pathogens. Here we outline some of the research that our group has been conducting on honeybees over the past decade.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Non-Mammalian Hormone-Behavior Systems
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	403-420
Number of pages	18
Volume	2
ISBN (Print)	9780128036082
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803592-4.00036-5
State	Published - 2017

Keywords

Aging
Antioxidant
Apis mellifera
Diutinus bees
Evolutionary co-option
Foraging
Honeybee
Methoprene
RNA interference (RNAi)
Social behavior
Trophallaxis
Vitellogenin

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General Medicine
General Neuroscience

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