Abstract
SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.
Abstract
Queen honey bee imposes her reproductive dominance through the secretion
of volatile chemicals, especially from the mandibular gland, tergal and defour glands.
Further, queen pheromones and different larval diets; aggregately control the
differential expression of specific genetic elements. The altered transcriptomic activity
resulted in Programmed Cell Death (PCD) in the ovaries of worker honey bees.
Furthermore, after the hatching of workers, the specific degenerative process remains
continuous for a brief period, destroying numerous ovarioles. As a result, few
facultative functional ovarioles remain active in worker honey bees' ovaries. Available
literature also witnesses the formation of pseudo-queens or egg-laying workers.
This chapter provides insight into responsible queen pheromones for induction of
programmed cell death in worker honey bees' ovaries. The next chapter focuses on the
genetic elements for queen pheromones's-induced ovarian PCD in workers.
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Authors:Bentham Science Books