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Role of hydrocarbons in egg recognition in the honeybee.
- Source :
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Physiological Entomology . Sep2004, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p395-399. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Despite worker-laid and queen-laid honeybee eggs having significantly different hydrocarbon profiles, bioassays and chemical supplementation studies show that changing the hydrocarbon profile does not affect egg identity. Furthermore, full-sized eggs that are tested just before being laid or just after being laid have similar hydrocarbon patterns but are treated differently in egg-discrimination bioassays with only the laid eggs surviving. This suggests that hydrocarbons play no role in the egg-recognition system in honeybees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03076962
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physiological Entomology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14739276
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0307-6962.2004.00404.x