Diploid male production in a rare and locally distributed bumblebee, Bombus florilegus (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Takahashi, J ^a,b   Ayabe, T ^b,c   Mitsuhata, M ^b   Shimizu, I ^a   Ono, M ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus florilegus; Diploid males; Microsatellites; Sex determination; Triploid females

Indexed keywords

BEE; BREEDING POPULATION; DNA; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; QUEEN; SEX DETERMINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; NEMURO PENINSULA;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS FLORILEGUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 39749142586     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0976-z     Document Type: Article

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