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Making a queen: an epigenetic analysis of the robustness of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) queen developmental pathway.

Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2017

He Xu Jiang, Zhou Lin Bin, Pan Qi Zhong, Barron Andrew B, Yan Wei Yu, Zeng Zhi Jiang

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Specialized castes are considered a key reason for the evolutionary and ecological success of the social insect lifestyle. The most essential caste distinction is between the fertile queen and the sterile workers. Honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers and queens are not genetically distinct, rather these different phenotypes are the result of epigenetically regulated divergent developmental pathways. This is an...

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PMID: 28026884
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13990

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