Sex determination and the evolution of polyandry in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-150

  Tarpy, David R ^a,b   Page Jr , Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Mating systems; Polyandry; Sex determination; Social insects

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HONEYBEE; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036664279     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0498-7     Document Type: Article

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