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Functional anatomy of the worker honeybee stinger (Apis mellifera)

The honeybee stinger is a powerful defense mechanism that combines painful venom, a subcutaneous delivery system, and the ability to autotomize. It is a complex organ and to function autonomously it must carry with it all the anatomical components required to operate. In this study, we combined high...

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Autores principales: Ramirez-Esquivel, Fiorella, Ravi, Sridhar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10359947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37485367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107103