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SUBMITTER: Shorter JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4520568 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shorter John R JR Geisz Matthew M Özsoy Ergi E Magwire Michael M MM Carbone Mary Anna MA Mackay Trudy F C TF
PloS one 20150730 7
Royal Jelly (RJ) is a product made by honey bee workers and is required for queen differentiation and accompanying changes in queen body size, development time, lifespan and reproductive output relative to workers. Previous studies have reported similar changes in Drosophila melanogaster in response to RJ. Here, we quantified viability, development time, body size, productivity, lifespan and genome wide transcript abundance of D. melanogaster reared on standard culture medium supplemented with i ...[more]