Six quantitative trait loci influence task thresholds for hygienic behaviour in honeybees (Apis mellifera)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1452-1461

  Oxley, Peter R ^a   Spivak, Marla ^b   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Eusocial; Interval mapping; Microsatellite DNA; Sociogenomics

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENOME, INSECT; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 77949854522     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04569.x     Document Type: Article

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