Low mating frequency of queens in the stingless bee Scaptotrigona postica1 and worker maternity of males

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 174-181

  Paxton, Robert J ^a   Bego, Luci R ^b   Shah, Mira M ^a   Mateus, Sidnei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diploid male; DNA microsatellite; Eusocial insect; Kin conflict; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; KIN SELECTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WORKER POLICING;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA; SCAPTOTRIGONA DEPILIS; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0038683331     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0561-4     Document Type: Article

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