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SUBMITTER: Alaux C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2725773 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alaux Cédric C Duong Nhi N Schneider Stanley S SS Southey Bruce R BR Rodriguez-Zas Sandra S Robinson Gene E GE
PloS one 20090820 8
Studies of animal communication systems have revealed that the perception of a salient signal can cause large-scale changes in brain gene expression, but little is known about how communication affects the neurogenomic state of the sender. We explored this issue by studying honey bees that produce a vibratory modulatory signal. We chose this system because it represents an extreme case of animal communication; some bees perform this behavior intensively, effectively acting as communication speci ...[more]