Non-destructive genotyping and genetic variation of fanning in a honey bee colony

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 411-417

  Su, Songkun ^a   Albert, Stefan ^b   Zhang, Shaowu ^c   Maier, Sven ^b   Chen, Shenglu ^d   Du, Honghu ^a   Tautz, Jürgen ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Fanning behaviour; Genetic variation; Genotyping; Microsatellites; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

COLONY; DNA; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; LABOR DIVISION; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; POLYANDRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL INSECT; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34248224711     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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