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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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Autores principales: Camiletti, Alison L., Percival-Smith, Anthony, Croft, Justin R., Thompson, Graham J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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