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| SIQUIEROLI,ANA CAROLINA S; VIEIRA,CARLOS U; CARVALHO-ZILSE,GISLENE A; GOULART,LUIZ R; KERR,WARWICK E; BONETTI,ANA M. |
| In colonies of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 workers can be found with four ganglion nerve cells, a morphological characteristic of the queen. It is hypothesized that these workers, called intercastes, or phenocopies, are phenotypically-like workers, but genotypically identical to queens due to this specific trait. Workers with the same number of ganglion as queens seem to be intercastes between queens and workers. Our objective was to analyze the mRNA pro files of workers, queens, and intercastes of M. scutellaris through DDRT-PCR. Three hundred (300) pupae with white eyes were collected and externally identified according to the number of abdominal nerve ganglions: workers (5 ganglions), queens (4 ganglions) and intercastes (4 ganglions). The... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Determination of castes; Intercastes; Melipona sp. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602009000100011 |
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