It's good to be queen: Classically eusocial colony structure and low worker fitness in an obligately social sweat bee

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4123-4133

  Richards, Miriam H ^a   French, Deanna ^a   Paxton, Robert J ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Halictidae; Kin selection; Parental manipulation; Social evolution; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; LASIOGLOSSUM MALACHURUM;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646196284     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02724.x     Document Type: Article

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