Early Queen Development in Honey Bees: Social Context and Queen Breeder Source Affect Gut Microbiota and Associated Metabolism

ABSTRACT The highly social honey bee has dense populations but a significantly reduced repertoire of immune genes relative to solitary species, suggesting a greater reliance on social immunity. Here we investigate immune gene expression and gut microbial succession in queens during colony introducti...

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Autori principali: Duan C. Copeland, Kirk E. Anderson, Brendon M. Mott
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Serie:Microbiology Spectrum
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Accesso online:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00383-22

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