A new study conducted by genetic researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign suggests that the regulatory gene Egr, known to be involved in learning and the detection of novelty in vertebrates, increases in activity in the brains of honey bees (Apis mellifera) when they are learning how to find food and bring it home. European honey bee collecting pollen (Jon Sullivan) The gene Egr is the insect equivalent of a transcription factor...
