A Two-Step Path to Shrinking Worker Bee Gonads (IMAGE)

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A Two-Step Path to Shrinking Worker Bee Gonads

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The distinct female castes: a queen (marked in blue) is attended by many worker bees on a wax comb in a honeybee colony. Distinct diets and the switching on of a specific genetic program, as shown in this study, drives caste differentiation.

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Institute for Evolutionary Genetics, HHU

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