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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Apis mellifera
SUBMITTER: Christopher Fields
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-491 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20120301 6073
Little is known about the molecular basis of differences in behavior among individuals. Here we report consistent novelty-seeking behavior, across different contexts, among honey bees in their tendency to scout for food sources and nest sites, and we reveal some of the molecular underpinnings of this behavior relative to foragers that do not scout. Food scouts showed extensive differences in brain gene expression relative to other foragers, including differences related to catecholamine, glutama ...[more]