The evolution of worker sterility in honeybees: The genetic basis of failure of worker policing

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1426, 1999, Pages 1335-1339

  Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a   Osborne, Katherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anarchy; Apis mellifera; Kin selection; Laying workers; Social insects; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; HONEYBEE; STERILITY;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; EGG; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WORKER;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033532966     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0784     Document Type: Article

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