Reduced worker relatedness does not affect cooperation in honey bee colonies

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1542-1545

  Underwood, Robyn M ^a   Lewis, Michael J ^b,c   Hare, James F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RR #1 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EUSOCIAL INSECTS; HONEY BEE;

BIODIVERSITY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; KIN SELECTION; RELATEDNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY;

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 11144244419     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-138     Document Type: Article

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