Genetic and behavioral conflict over male production between workers and queens in the stingless bee Paratrigona subnuda

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

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

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflicts of interest; Male production; Microsatellites; Stingless bees; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

BEE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELIPONINAE; PARATRIGONA SUBNUDA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0038467374     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0543-6     Document Type: Article

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