Variance-based selection may explain general mating patterns in social insects

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-273

  Rueppell, Olav ^a   Johnson, Nels ^a,b   Rychtář, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Division of labour; Genetic diversity; Polyandry; Social evolution; Social insects

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MATING; POLYANDRY; QUEEN; SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONEYBEE; INSECT SOCIETY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APIS; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 43249118171     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0065     Document Type: Article

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