Honey-bee aggression study suggests nurture alters nature
Monday, August 17, 2009 - 15:14
in Biology & Nature
A new study reveals that changes in gene expression in the brain of the honey bee in response to an immediate threat have much in common with more long-term and even evolutionary differences in honey-bee aggression. The findings lend support to the idea that nurture (an organism's environment) may ultimately influence nature (its genetic inheritance).