Quantitative trait loci influencing honeybee alarm pheromone levels

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 585-589

  Hunt, Greg J ^a   Collins, A M ^b   Rivera, R ^b   Page Jr , R E ^c   Guzman Novoa E ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; HAPLOIDY; HONEYBEE; HORMONAL REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SAMPLING;

1-OCTANOL; ACETATES; ANIMALS; BEES; PHEROMONES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

APIS MELLIFERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032701656     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/90.5.585     Document Type: Article

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