The origin and evolution of queen and fertility signals in Corbiculate bees

BACKGROUND: In social Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps), various chemical compounds present on the cuticle have been shown to act as fertility signals. In addition, specific queen-characteristic hydrocarbons have been implicated as sterility-inducing queen signals in ants, wasps and bumblebees. In...

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Autores principales: Caliari Oliveira, Ricardo, Oi, Cintia Akemi, do Nascimento, Mauricio Meirelles Castro, Vollet-Neto, Ayrton, Alves, Denise Araujo, Campos, Maria Claudia, Nascimento, Fabio, Wenseleers, Tom
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26573687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0509-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26573687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0509-8

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