Validation of quantitative real-time PCR reference genes for the determination of seasonal and labor-specific gene expression profiles in the head of Western honey bee, Apis mellifera.

Honey bee is not only considered an important pollinator in agriculture, but is also widely used as a model insect in biological sciences, thanks to its highly evolved sociality, specialization of labor division, and flexibility of colony management. For an intensive investigation of the seasonal an...

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Main Authors: KyungHwan Moon, Si Hyeock Lee, Young Ho Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200369&type=printable