Genetic evaluation in the honey bee considering queen and worker effects - A BLUP-Animal Model approach

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-85

  Bienefeld, Kaspar ^a   Ehrhardt, Klaus ^a   Reinhardt, Friedrich ^b  

^a Institute of Bee Research   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; BLUP Animal Model; Breeding value; Genetic response; Honey production; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HONEYBEE; MATERNAL EFFECT; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 33847081752     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006050     Document Type: Article

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