A quantitative study of worker reproduction in queenright colonies of the Cape honey bee, Apis mellifera capensis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2722-2727

  Beekman, Madeleine ^a   Allsopp, Michael H ^b   Jordan, Lyndon A ^a   Lim, Julianne ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arrhenotoky; Inclusive fitness; Kin selection; Thelytoky; Worker policing

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 66749160996     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04224.x     Document Type: Article

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