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Evidence for inhibition of corpora allata activity in workers ofBombus terrestris by a pheromone from the queen's mandibular glands

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Queens ofBombus terrestris inhibit the activity of worker corpora allata by means of a pheromone which is produced in their mandibular glands. Exstirpated and homogenized glands as well as an extract of the queen's body surface show the same inhibitory effect as a living unmutilated queen. The pheromone remains on the body only for 1 day after the queen has been killed. The activity of the corpora allata of workers was determined volumetrically as well as by means of a juvenile hormone synthesis in vitro assay.

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  1. Zoologisches Institut II der Universität, Röntgenring 10, D-87, Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    P. -F. Röseler, Ingeborg Röseler & C. G. J. van Honk

  2. Laboratory of Comparative Physiology, Jan van Galenstraat 40, NL-Utrecht, The Netherlands

    P. -F. Röseler, Ingeborg Röseler & C. G. J. van Honk

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Acknowledgment. The work was supported by the Netherlands Organisation for the advancement of pure research, ZWO.

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Röseler, P.F., Röseler, I. & van Honk, C.G.J. Evidence for inhibition of corpora allata activity in workers ofBombus terrestris by a pheromone from the queen's mandibular glands. Experientia 37, 348–351 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959856

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