Description of an Intermorph Between a Worker and Queen in African Honey Bees <I>Apis mellifera scutellata</I> (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
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Diet and Cell Size Both Affect Queen-Worker Differentiation through DNA Methylation in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera, Apidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Entomological Society of America
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0013-8746,0013-8746
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[1299:doaiba]2.0.co;2