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Analysis of the intercaste transcriptional profile of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) by mRNA differential display.
Biological research - 1 Jan 2009
Siquieroli Ana Carolina S, Vieira Carlos U, Carvalho-Zilse Gislene A, Goulart Luiz R, Kerr Warwick E, Bonetti Ana M
Abstract excerpt
In colonies of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 workers can be found with four ganglion nerve cells, a morphological characteristic of the queen. It is hypothesized that these workers, called intercastes, or phenocopies, are phenotypically-like workers, but genotypically identical to queens due to this specific trait. Workers with the same number of ganglion as queens seem to be intercastes between queens and...
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