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ArticleRoyal Society open science2025

Gustatory sensitivity to amino acids in bumblebee mouthparts.

Sergio Rossoni, Rachel H Parkinson, Jeremy E Niven, Elizabeth Nicholls

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Integrated Ultrastructural and Transcriptomic Analysis of the Proboscis inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sergio RossoniDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0709-9173
Rachel H ParkinsonDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-3178
Jeremy E NivenDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7786-5254
Elizabeth NichollsDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3697-0223

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bees rely on amino acids from nectar and pollen for essential physiological functions. While nectar typically contains low (less than 1 mM) amino acid concentrations, levels in pollen are higher but variable (10-200 mM). Behavioural studies suggest bumblebees have preferences for specific amino acids but whether such preferences are mediated via gustatory mechanisms remains unclear. This study explores bumblebees' (

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PMID40370609
PMCPMC12077244

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