Maternal effects on the hygienic behavior of Russian × Ontario hybrid honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-96

  Unger, Peter ^a   Guzmán Novoa, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Hygienic behavior; Maternal effects; Russian bees

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HONEYBEE; HYBRID; HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 72749093097     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp092     Document Type: Article

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