Male fitness of honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera L.)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 914-920

  Kraus, F Bernhard ^a   Neumann, P ^a   Scharpenberg, H ^a   Van Praagh, J ^b   Moritz, R F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Niedersachsisches Landesinstitut B   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Fitness; Honeybee; Male reproductive success; Selection; Social insect colonies

Indexed keywords

DNA;

FITNESS; HONEYBEE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; DNA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0042740675     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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