Pheromonal dominance and the selection of a socially parasitic honeybee worker lineage (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 997-1007

  Dietemann, V ^a   Neumann, P ^b,c,d,e   Hartel S ^e   Pirk, C W W ^a   Crewe, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Mandibular gland pheromone; Selection; Social insects; Social parasite; Thelytoky; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

BEE; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHEROMONE; SELECTION; SOCIAL PARASITISM; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34247503113     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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