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Published online 10 October 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031006-15
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Bees' genes match their jobs
DNA switches turn workers to nursemaids.
A honeybee's genes can tell you its job. Bees tending the nest have a different set of active genes in their brains to their nestmates out gathering food, researchers have found1.
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