Male production in stingless bees: Variable outcomes of queen-worker conflict

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2661-2667

  Tóth, Eva ^a,c   Strassmann, Joan E ^a   Nogueira Neto, Paulo ^b   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera L ^b   Queller, David C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood method; Male parentage; Meliponinae; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BEES; DNA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APINAE; APOIDEA; INSECTA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 0036900684     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01625.x     Document Type: Article

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