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Common endocrine and genetic mechanisms of behavioral development in male and worker honey bees and the evolution of division of labor.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Oct 1996
Giray T, Robinson G E
Abstract excerpt
Temporal polyethism is a highly derived form of behavioral development displayed by social insects. Hormonal and genetic mechanisms regulating temporal polyethism in worker honey bees have been identified, but the evolution of these mechanisms is not well understood. We performed three experiment...
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