A thelytokous lineage of socially parasitic honey bees has retained heterozygosity despite at least 10 years of inbreeding

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 860-868

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Genetic recombination; Heterozygosity; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

COLONY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HONEYBEE; HYBRID ZONE; INBREEDING; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; SOCIAL INSECT; THELYTOKY; VIGOR; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BEE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 79952084037     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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