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Your Position :Home->Past Journals Catalog->2011年48 No.4

Advances of honeybee lifespan plasticity
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Key Words:honey bees, lifespan, ageing, plasticity
Abstract:

    Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are eusocial insects that exhibit striking castespecific differences in lifespan. Queens live, on average, for 1-2 years whereas workers live, on average, 30-40 days in the breeding season and 90-200 days in the winter. This seasonal variation in worker lifespans indicates that honeybee lifespans are plastic. Because queens and workers are fundamentally the same genetic.This plasticity is probably controlled by environmental, rather than genetic factors. In addition, workers have reverted behavioral ontogeny, and this peculiarity is indicative of reverted ageing. In order to elucidate plasticity in the ageing of honey bees, here we review recent findings about aging in honeybees over the past few years, focusing on knowledge of ageing at different life history stages.

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