Effects of thelytokous worker reproduction on kin-selection and conflict in the Cape honeybee, Apis mellifera capensis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1340, 1996, Pages 617-625

  Greeff, Jaco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPE HONEYBEE; KIN SELECTION; QUEEN LOSS; THELYTOKY;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA CAPENSIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030456243     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0060     Document Type: Article

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