Genotypic effects on forager behavior in the neotropical stingless bee Partamona bilineata (Hymenoptera: Meliponidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 187-190

  Ranger, Sara ^a   O'Donnell, Scan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032900330     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050594     Document Type: Article

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