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Abstract
After their queen has left with a swarm, orphaned larvae exhibiting rebel traits emerge in honeybee colonies. As adults, these orphans have reduced food glands to feed the colony's larvae and more developed ovaries to selfishly reproduce their own offspring.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22537633 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834