Apiology: Royal secrets in the queen's fat body

Naoki Yamanaka; Michael B. O'Connor

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.037

Apiology: Royal secrets in the queen's fat body

Naoki Yamanaka, Michael B. O'Connor

Genetics, Cell Biology and Development (CBS)

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Abstract

Royalactin, a component of royal jelly, induces queen differentiation in honeybees. Surprisingly, royalactin has a similar effect on growth in fruit flies, highlighting many unexpected features of growth regulation by the insect fat tissue.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R510-R512
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	21
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.037
State	Published - Jul 12 2011

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