Conservation and modification of genetic and physiological toolkits underpinning diapause in bumble bee queens
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ORGANISM(S): Bombus terrestris
PROVIDER: GSE73009 | GEO | 2015/10/01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA295976
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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