Feminizer and doublesex knock-outs cause honey bees to switch sexes.
Honey bees are experts at refuting societal norms. Their matriarchal hives are headed by queens, backed by an all-female workforce, and males die soon after copulation. But the biochemical basis of how these distinct castes and sexes (queens, workers, and drones) arise is poorly understood, partly d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-05-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000256 |