Female dimorphism in honey-bee larvae with respect to glucose metabolism |
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Authors: | H Lerer SE Dixon |
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Institution: | Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | The rate of conversion of glucose-1-14C and glucose-6-14C to 14CO2 and lipid was monitored in queen and worker larvae between 48 and 96 hr of age. A definite dimorphism in glucose metabolism between castes was established. Worker larvae 72 hr of age have a much greater ratio than do queen larvae of the same age. The ratios were of the same order of magnitude for both castes of larvae younger or older than 72 hr. Queen larvae were shown to have a greater rate of lipid synthesis than worker larvae. |
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