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Foraging Gene Expression
Description
Levels of expression of the foraging gene (for; Expression) in
two worker types (type) in three bee colonies (colony). Note
that colony is not coded as a factor.
Format
A data frame with 6 observations on the following 3 variables.
- type
a factor with levels
foragernurse- colony
a numeric identifier
- expression
expression level of the for gene
Source
Ben-Shahar, Y., A. Robichon, M.B. Sokolowski, and G.E. Robinson. 2002. Influence of gene action across different time scales on behavior. Science 296: 741-744.
Examples
str(BeeGenes)
BeeGenes
xtabs( expression ~ type + colony, BeeGenes )
[Package abd version 0.2-8 Index]