Gustatory perception and fat body energy metabolism are jointly affected by vitellogenin and juvenile hormone in honey bees.
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) provide a system for studying social and food-related behavior. A caste of workers performs age-related tasks: young bees (nurses) usually feed the brood and other adult bees inside the nest, while older bees (foragers) forage outside for pollen, a protein/lipid source, o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-06-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3386229?pdf=render |