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Apidologie
Volume 25, Number 6, 1994
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| Page(s) | 596 - 600 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19940610 | |
Apidologie 25 (1994) 596-600
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19940610
a Laboratory for Genetic Engineering, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravská cesta, 9, 842 38 Bratislava, Slovakia
b Karl-Franzens-Universität, Institut für Zoologie, Universitätsplatz, 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Key words: Apis mellifera / division of labour / larval food / Northern analysis / mRNA / total RNA
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19940610
New approach to the study of division of labour in the honeybee colony (Apis mellifera L)
J. Klaudinya, J. Kulifajováa, K. Crailsheimb and J. Simúthaa Laboratory for Genetic Engineering, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravská cesta, 9, 842 38 Bratislava, Slovakia
b Karl-Franzens-Universität, Institut für Zoologie, Universitätsplatz, 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Abstract - Using Northern analysis we determined differences in the transcription level of 4 mRNAs (coding for larval food proteins) in the heads of sister worker bees, which were either foragers or nurses rearing the larvae of workers, drones and queens. The ratio of the isolated total RNAs from the heads of these bee samples was estimated as 1:2:1.9:3.6, respectively.
Key words: Apis mellifera / division of labour / larval food / Northern analysis / mRNA / total RNA