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Mating precedes selective immune priming which is maintained throughout bumblebee queen diapause.
BMC genomics - 10 Dec 2019
Colgan Thomas J, Finlay Sive, Brown Mark J F, Carolan James C
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BACKGROUND: Understanding the mechanisms by which organisms adapt to unfavourable conditions is a fundamental question in ecology and evolutionary biology. One such mechanism is diapause, a period of dormancy typically found in nematodes, fish, crustaceans and insects. This state is a key life-history event characterised by arrested development, suppressed metabolism and increased stress tolerance and allows an...
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