Microsatellite DNA analysis reveals low diploid male production in a communal bee with inbreeding

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 483-502

  Paxton, R J ^a   Thoren P A ^a   Gyllenstrand, N ^a   Tengo J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Andrena scotica; Andrenidae; Complementary sex determination; Heterozygosity; Hymenoptera; Morphology; Sex locus

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033863482     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0371     Document Type: Article

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