Flexible social organization and high incidence of drifting in the sweat bee, Halictus scabiosae

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1791-1800

  Ulrich, Yuko ^a   Perrin, Nicolas ^a   Chapuisat, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drifting; Halictidae; Sex biased dispersal; Social organization; Sweat bees

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; NESTING; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND;

APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HALICTUS SCABIOSAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 63849233201     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04154.x     Document Type: Article

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