Queen-worker conflict over male production and the sex ratio in a facultatively polyandrous bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum: The consequences of nest usurpation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2489-2498

  Paxton, R J ^a,c   Thoren P A ^a   Estoup, A ^b   Tengo J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Kin conflict; Microsatellite; Relatedness; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ALIEN WORKER; DNA ANALYSIS; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; INSECT GENETICS; KIN SELECTION; MATING; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEST USURPATION; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; POLYANDRY; SEX RATIO;

BOMBUS HYPNORUM; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034757537     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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