Paternity frequency and maternity of males in some stingless bee species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2107-2113

  Palmer, Kellie A ^a,d   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a   Quezada Euán, José Javier G ^b   Paxton, Robert J ^c   May Itza, William De J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Austroplebeia; Paternity frequency; Reproductive conflict; Scaptotrigona; Stingless bees; Trigona

Indexed keywords

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AUSTROPLEBEIA; AUSTROPLEBEIA SYMEI; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; SCAPTOTRIGONA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA; TRIGONA CLYPEARIS; TRIGONA HOCKINGSI; TRIGONA MELLIPES; TRIGONA SAPIENS;

EID: 0036790559     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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