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A novel screen for genes associated with pheromone-induced sterility
For honey bee and other social insect colonies the ‘queen substance’ regulates colony reproduction rendering workers functionally sterile. The evolution of worker reproductive altruism is explained by inclusive fitness theory, but little is known of the genes involved or how they regulate the phenot...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5081541/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27786267 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36041 |