Inheritance of traits associated with reproductive potential in Apis mellifera capensis and Apis mellifera scutellata workers

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 376-381

  Jordan, Lyndon A ^a   Allsopp, Michael H ^b   Beekman, Madeleine ^a   Wossler, Theresa C ^c   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; APIS MELLIFERA CAPENSIS; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; ARTICLE; BACKCROSSING; DRONE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HONEYBEE; HYBRID; INHERITANCE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUEEN (INSECT); REARING; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA;

EID: 49949099363     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esn023     Document Type: Article

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