Rearing of candidate queens by honeybee, Apis mellifera, workers (Hymenoptera: Apidae) is independent of genetic relatedness

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 541-547

  Koyama, Satoshi ^a,b   Harano, Ken Ichi ^c   Hirota, Tadao ^d   Satoh, Toshiyuki ^a   Obara, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

'Royalty' allele; Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Nepotism; Queen rearing

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 39849087288     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2007.541     Document Type: Article

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