Scientists discover the hidden brain switch that assigns bees their jobs
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Researchers at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and universities in Cologne and Frankfurt/Main identified specific brain circuits and a gene called doublesex that determine which tasks worker bees perform as they age; when those circuits were selectively silenced, older bees resumed caring for the queen instead of performing their expected age-appropriate duties.
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