Trilobites: Scientists Find Genes That Let These Bees Reproduce Without Males
In a subspecies of honey bees from South Africa, female workers can escape a queen’s control and produce offspring of their own. Scientists say a gene explains how. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Bees
Topics: Scientists, explains, offspring, produce, control, queen’s, escape, workers, female, Africa, South, honey, subspecies, Males, Without, Reproduce, These, Genes, Trilobites
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/science/bees-asexual-south-africa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss