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Royal Jelly Kick-Starts DNA Methylation in Bees
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C Hooper <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:32:43 -0700
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Royal Jelly Kick-Starts DNA Methylation in Bees
Biotech News, 3/13/2008
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/03/royal-jelly-kick-starts-dna-methylation.html

New Australian National University research may explain why eating royal
jelly destines honeybee larvae to become queens instead of workers. 

Scientists from the Research School of Biological Sciences at ANU have
discovered that a copious diet of royal jelly flicks a genetic switch in
young bees that determines whether they'll become a queen, or live a
life of drudgery. 

Their findings are published in the latest edition of Science... 

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