Ubx promotes corbicular development in Apis mellifera

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Medved, Victor ^a   Huang, Zachary Y ^b   Popadic, Aleksandar ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Pollen basket; Ubx

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; MORPHOLOGY; POLLEN; WORKER CASTE;

EID: 84893867588     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.1021     Document Type: Article

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