Cargando...

A death pheromone, oleic acid, triggers hygienic behavior in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Eusocial insects live in teeming societies with thousands of their kin. In this crowded environment, workers combat disease by removing or burying their dead or diseased nestmates. For honey bees, we found that hygienic brood-removal behavior is triggered by two odorants – β-ocimene and oleic acid –...

Descrición completa

Gardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Sci Rep
Main Authors: McAfee, Alison, Chapman, Abigail, Iovinella, Immacolata, Gallagher-Kurtzke, Ylonna, Collins, Troy F., Higo, Heather, Madilao, Lufiani L., Pelosi, Paolo, Foster, Leonard J.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
Assuntos:
Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5890279/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29632403
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24054-2
Tags: Engadir etiqueta
Sen Etiquetas, Sexa o primeiro en etiquetar este rexistro!