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The Making of a Queen: TOR Pathway Is a Key Player in Diphenic Caste Development

BACKGROUND: Honey bees (Apis mellifera) provide a principal example of diphenic development. Excess feeding of female larvae results in queens (large reproductives). Moderate diet yields workers (small helpers). The signaling pathway that links provisioning to female developmental fate is not unders...

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Autores principales: Patel, Avani, Fondrk, M. Kim, Kaftanoglu, Osman, Emore, Christine, Hunt, Greg, Frederick, Katy, Amdam, Gro V.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17551589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000509