Sex determination: Balancing selection in the honey bee

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Charlesworth, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 3343008086     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.07.014     Document Type: Review

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