Shift in worker physiology and gene expression pattern from reproductive to diapause-like with colony age in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens

Agriculture & Biology

• Bombus impatiens 80%
• Bombus 59%
• diapause 55%
• physiology 42%
• cold tolerance 39%
• gene expression 31%
• fat body 28%
• seasonal variation 22%
• oviposition 22%
• body size 21%
• lipid content 19%
• polyethism 17%
• insects 16%
• queen insects 13%
• environmental factors 8%
• metabolism 7%
• genes 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• diapause 78%
• bee 64%
• gene expression 61%
• physiology 52%
• cold tolerance 41%
• captivity 24%
• fat 17%
• egg 16%
• insect 16%
• lipid 15%
• gene 13%
• caste 12%
• labor division 12%
• phenology 9%
• fitness 8%
• divergence 7%
• metabolism 7%
• environmental conditions 6%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Impatiens 100%
• Diapause 88%
• Bees 70%
• Occupational Groups 37%
• Gene Expression 31%
• Fat Body 17%
• Cold Temperature 17%
• Body Size 15%
• Insecta 13%
• Ovum 13%
• Lipids 8%
• Reproduction 6%
• Social Class 6%
• Cues 5%