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Exploring the role of juvenile hormone and vitellogenin in reproduction and social behavior in bumble bees

BACKGROUND: The genetic and physiological pathways regulating behavior in solitary species are hypothesized to have been co-opted to regulate social behavior in social species. One classic example is the interaction between vitellogenin (an egg-yolk and storage protein) and juvenile hormone, which a...

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Autores principales: Amsalem, Etya, Malka, Osnat, Grozinger, Christina, Hefetz, Abraham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4007805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24618396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-14-45