Colony response to graded resource changes: An analytical model of the influence of genotype, environment, and dominance

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-162

  Bertram, Susan M ^a   Gorelick, Root ^a   Fewell, Jennifer H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective number of alleles; Genetic variation; Social group organization

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DOMINANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

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

EID: 0348228143     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-5809(03)00064-9     Document Type: Article

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