Royalactin induces queen differentiation in honeybees
Royalactin induces queen differentiation in honeybees
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The honeybee (
Apis mellifera
) forms two female castes: the queen and the worker. This dimorphism depends not on genetic differences, but on ingestion of royal jelly, although the mechanism through which royal jelly regulates caste differentiation has long remained unknown. Here I show that a 57-kDa protein in royal jelly, previously designa...
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Royalactin induces queen differentiation in honeybees
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_879475660
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_879475660
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature10093
