20-Hydroxyecdysone promotes fat body lipolysis through autophagy during pupation in Apis mellifera.

20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) plays a crucial role in insect metamorphosis and has been reported to be involved in fat body lipolysis during pupation in many insects, although this has not been reported in honeybees. Here, we investigated how 20E regulate…

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