Segmentation of the subcuticular fat body in Apis mellifera females with different reproductive potentials

Abstract Evolution has created different castes of females in eusocial haplodiploids. The difference between them lies in their functions and vulnerability but above all in their reproductive potentials. Honeybee queens are highly fertile. On the other hand, the workers are facultatively sterile. Ho...

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Main Authors: Aneta Strachecka, Krzysztof Olszewski, Karolina Kuszewska, Jacek Chobotow, Łukasz Wójcik, Jerzy Paleolog, Michał Woyciechowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93357-8