Cross-species correlation between queen mating numbers and worker ovary sizes suggests kin conflict may influence ovary size evolution in honeybees

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 795-799

  Rueppell, Olav ^a   Phaincharoen, Mananya ^b   Kuster, Ryan ^a   Tingek, Salim ^c  

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

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^c Agricultural Research Station   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Caste divergence; Levels of selection; Ovarioles; Reproductive conflict; Social evolution; Worker reproduction

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MULTIPLE MATING; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; OVARY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

APIS; APIS DORSATA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 80055025103     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0822-z     Document Type: Article

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