Why the eversion of the endophallus of honey bee drone stops at the partly everted stage and significance of this

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 627-636

  Woyke, Jerzy ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Drone; Endophallus; Eversion; Reproductive organs

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HONEYBEE; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 58149120918     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008046     Document Type: Article

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