Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Shift in worker physiology and gene expression pattern from reproductive to diapause-like with colony age in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens
E. D. Treanore, J. M. Kiner, M. E. Kerner, E. Amsalem
This study shows that bumble bee workers shift from reproductive-like to diapause-like physiology and gene expression as the colony ages.
DOI 10.1242/jeb.218768