Notch signalling mediates reproductive constraint in the adult worker honeybee

In honeybees, pheromones produced by the queen inhibit reproduction by workers and enforce a eusocial division of labour. Here, Duncan, Hyink and Dearden show that this inhibition is mediated by the Notch signalling pathway in the workers' ovaries.

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Main Authors: Elizabeth J. Duncan, Otto Hyink, Peter K. Dearden
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c7151c8e33d0435ab2cfe07b62d0d9ac
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