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The diversity, evolution, and development of setal morphologies in bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.)

Bumble bees are characterized by their thick setal pile that imparts aposematic color patterns often used for species-level identification. Like all bees, the single-celled setae of bumble bees are branched, an innovation thought important for pollen collection. To date no studies have quantified th...

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Autores principales: Hines, Heather M., Kilpatrick, Shelby Kerrin, Mikó, István, Snellings, Daniel, López-Uribe, Margarita M., Tian, Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9789693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36573237
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14555

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