30-Oct-2006
Could an insect help us understand why some people are daredevils, or why others are overweight? Scientists who have sequenced and analysed the genome of the western honeybee Apis mellifera say it might. The sequence, released in this week's Nature (see page 931), is already aiding the young field of sociogenomics ¡X the search for the genetic underpinnings of social life.