Ashburner Michael, Kyriacou Charalambos P
Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK.
Genome Biol. 2006;7(10):239. doi: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-10-239. Epub 2006 Oct 26.
The honey bee Apis mellifera displays the most complex behavior of any insect. This, and its utility to humans, makes it a fascinating object of study for biologists. Such studies are now further enabled by the release of the honey-bee genome sequence.
蜜蜂(西方蜜蜂)展现出了所有昆虫中最为复杂的行为。这一点,以及它对人类的实用性,使其成为生物学家们极具吸引力的研究对象。如今,蜜蜂基因组序列的发布进一步推动了此类研究。