Queen-controlled sex ratios and worker reproduction in the bumble bee Bombus hypnorum, as revealed by microsatellites

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1599-1605

  Brown, M J F ^a,b   Schmid Hempel, R ^b   Schmid Hempel, P ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bombus; Microsatellites; Reproductive conflict; Sex ratio; Social insects; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEES; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SWEDEN;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS HYPNORUM; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0038378904     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01840.x     Document Type: Article

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