The influence of hybridization between African and European honeybees, Apis mellifera, on asymmetries in wing size and shape

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2350-2364

  Schneider, S S ^a   Leamy, L J ^a   Lewis, L A ^a   DeGrandi Hoffman, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Africanized honeybee; Apis mellifera scutellata; Fluctuating asymmetry; Hybrid inferiority; Negative heterosis

Indexed keywords

FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HONEYBEE; HYBRIDIZATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0242583843     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00247.x     Document Type: Article

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