Parallels Between Unresponsive Honey Bees and Human Autism

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Originally shared by Neuroscience News

Parallels Between Unresponsive Honey Bees and Human Autism

Honey bees that consistently fail to respond to obvious social cues share something fundamental with autistic humans, researchers report in a new study. Genes most closely associated with autism spectrum disorders in humans are regulated differently in unresponsive honey bees than in their more responsive nest mates, the study found.
http://neurosciencenews.com/autism-bees-7211/

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