Comparative transcriptome analysis on the synthesis pathway of honey bee (Apis mellifera) mandibular gland secretions

Abstract Secretions from mandibular glands (MGs) have important caste-specific functions that are associated with the social evolution of honey bees. To gain insights into the molecular architecture underlying these caste differences, we compared the gene expression patterns of MGs from queens, quee...

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Main Authors: YuQi Wu, HuoQing Zheng, Miguel Corona, Christian Pirk, Fei Meng, YuFei Zheng, FuLiang Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04879-z