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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Neuroanatomical plasticity and division of labor in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Abstract
dc:description"There is an aged-based division of labor in the honey bee colony. Adult workers spend the first several weeks performing tasks within the hive, including caring for brood (""nursing""). They then make a dramatic behavioral transition and begin foraging outdoors. Within the dark hive, tasks are regulated primarily by chemosensory cues. A forager integrates both visual and chemosensory information, to successfully navigate through a dynamic environment. The onset of foraging is a natural, substantial behavioral experience, making the honey bee ideal for studying how the mature nervous system reorganizes to produce novel behavior."
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Neuroscience
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Withers, Ginger Sue
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Fahrbach, Susan E.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 1993 Withers, Ginger Sue
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
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AAI9411824
(UMI)AAI9411824 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21043