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Getting a buzz out of the bee genome.

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posted on 2012-10-24, 09:12 authored by M. Ashburner, Charalambos P. Kyriacou
The honey bee Apis mellifera displays the most complex behavior of any insect. This, and its utility to humans, makes it a fascinating object of study for biologists. Such studies are now further enabled by the release of the honey-bee genome sequence. The honey bee Apis mellifera displays the most complex behavior of any insect. This, and its utility to humans, makes it a fascinating object of study for biologists. Such studies are now further enabled by the release of the honey-bee genome sequence.

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C.P.K. thanks the Royal Society for a Wolfson Research Merit Fellowship. M.A. thanks the MRC for a quarter of a century's continuous research funding.

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Genome Biology, 2006, 7 (10), pp. 239-239

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Genome Biology

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BioMed Central

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1465-6906

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1465-6914

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2006

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2012-10-24

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http://genomebiology.com/2006/7/10/239

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eng

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