Short-sighted evolution of virulence in parasitic honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 507-513

  Moritz, Robin F A ^a,b   Pirk, Christian W W ^b   Hepburn, H Randall ^c,d   Neumann, Peter ^c,d,e  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Evolution; Short sighted selection; Social parasitism; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; HONEYBEE; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIRULENCE; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; DNA; DNA, SATELLITE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIRULENCE;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 44149100485     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0351-6     Document Type: Article

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