The molecular basis of socially induced egg-size plasticity in honey bees

The molecular basis of socially induced egg-size plasticity in honey bees

Reproduction involves the investment of resources into offspring. Although variation in reproductive effort often affects the number of offspring, adjustments of propagule size are also found in numerous species, including the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera. However, the proximate causes of these...

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Main Authors: Bin Han, Qiaohong Wei, Esmaeil Amiri, Han Hu, Lifeng Meng, Micheline K Strand, David R Tarpy, Shufa Xu, Jianke Li, Olav Rueppell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2022-11-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Apis mellifera
social evolution
reproduction
resource allocation
oocyte
cytoskeleton
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/80499

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