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. 1969 Sep;64(1):64–66. doi: 10.1073/pnas.64.1.64

THE ORIGIN OF THE NUCLEIC ACID BASES FOUND IN THE ROYAL JELLY OF THE HONEYBEE

Theophilus S Painter 1
PMCID: PMC286126  PMID: 16591784

Abstract

The discovery that the royal jelly of the honeybee contains large quantities of nucleic acids raises the question, “Where do these nucleic acids come from?” A review of pertinent literature strongly suggests that the same mechanism is involved as in the case of the extrachromosomal DNA of amphibian oocytes.

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