Genetic architecture of ovary size and asymmetry in European honeybee workers

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 894-903

  Rueppell, O ^a   Metheny, J D ^a,d   Linksvayer, T ^b,e   Fondrk, M K ^b,f   Page Jr , R E ^b   Amdam, G V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; ovarioles; QTL; social evolution; trait network; worker caste

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; HONEYBEE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLEIOTROPY; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CROSS BREEDING; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 79955104428     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.138     Document Type: Article

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