Models of Aging in Honeybee Workers

Handbook of Models for Human Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 267-276

  Amdam, Gro V ^a   Rueppell, Olav ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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