Getting a buzz out of the bee genome.
The honey bee Apis mellifera displays the most complex behavior of any insect. This, and its utility to humans, makes it a fascinating object of study for biologists. Such studies are now further enabled by the release of the honey-bee genome sequence.
Ashburner
Michael
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Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK. ma11@gen.cam.ac.uk
Kyriacou
Charalambos P
CP
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001516:Bees / Q000235:genetics*; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D016678:Genome; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000235:genetics; D019849:Sex Determination Processes