Large fitness benefits from polyandry in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 59-60

  Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a   Fewell, Jennifer H ^b  

^a Behaviour and Genetics   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; BEE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LETTER; MALE; OVIPARITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPARITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 38849143305     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.10.012     Document Type: Letter

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