Levels of polyandry and intracolonial genetic relationships in Apis florea

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 329-335

  Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a   Smolenski, Adam J ^a   Cornuet, Jean Marie ^a,b   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^c   Estoup, Arnaud ^b   Rinderer, Thomas E ^d   Crozier, Ross H ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis; Microsatellite; Multiple mating; Polyandry; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

DWARF HONEYBEE; KINSHIP RELATIONS; POLYANDRY;

EID: 0028995353     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00174137     Document Type: Article

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