Detoxification mechanisms of honey bees (Apis mellifera) resulting in tolerance of dietary nicotine

Insecticides are thought to be among the major factors contributing to current declines in bee populations. However, detoxification mechanisms in healthy, unstressed honey bees are poorly characterised. Alkaloids are naturally encountered in pollen and nectar, and we used nicotine as a model compoun...

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Autores principales: Rand, Esther E. du, Smit, Salome, Beukes, Mervyn, Apostolides, Zeno, Pirk, Christian W.W., Nicolson, Susan W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4488760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26134631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11779

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4488760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26134631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11779

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