Asexually produced cape honeybee queens (apis mellifera capensis) reproduce sexually

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 562-566

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; asexual reproduction; Cape honeybee; mating; sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APIS MELLIFERA CAPENSIS; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; LARVA; MATING; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKER (INSECT);

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 80052047409     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esr075     Document Type: Article

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