Apiology: royal secrets in the queen's fat body.

Curr Biol

Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

Published: July 2011

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.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.037DOI Listing

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