Absence of reproductive conflict during queen rearing in Apis cerana

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Koyama, S ^a,b   Takagi, T ^d   Martin, S J ^c   Yoshida, T ^d   Takahashi, J ^d,e  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Asian honeybees; DNA microsatellite markers; Polyandry; Reproductive conflict

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; LARVA; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYANDRY; QUEEN; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; JAPONICA;

EID: 70349497298     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-009-0008-2     Document Type: Article

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