Apiology: Royal Secrets in the Queen's Fat Body

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  • Naoki Yamanaka
  • Michael B. O'Connor
چکیده

Royalactin, a component of royal jelly, induces queen differentiation in honeybees. Surprisingly, royalactin has a similar effect on growth in fruit flies, highlighting many unexpected features of growth regulation by the insect fat tissue.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 21  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011