Honeybee evolution : royal jelly proteins help queen larvae to stay on top
2018
A new study shows that, in honey bees, the main role of certain proteins in royal jelly is to ensure that the larva stays in its cell, thereby allowing it to develop into a queen.
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Honeybee (apis mellifera); Honeybee queen
Language
English
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© 2018 Elsevier. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Current Biology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Current Biology, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. R350-R351, 2018. doi : 10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.065.
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0960-9822 (print), 1879-0445 (online)
Type
Journal Article; Journal Part
2025-05-29
2025-10-25
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