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Diet quantity influences caste determination in honeybees (Apis mellifera)

In species that care for their young, provisioning has profound effects on offspring fitness. Provisioning is important in honeybees because nutritional cues determine whether a female becomes a reproductive queen or sterile worker. A qualitative difference between the larval diets of queens and wor...

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Autores principales: Slater, Garett P., Yocum, George D., Bowsher, Julia H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7287363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32453984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0614