Behavioural interactions, kin and disease susceptibility in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 829-833

  Mallon, Eamonn B ^a   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bambus terrestris; Behaviour; Epistasis; Genetic distance; Kin selection; Parasite

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

BEE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; KIN SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FLAGELLATE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; KINETOPLASTIDA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 3042744196     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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