Genetic diversity affects colony survivorship in commercial honey bee colonies

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 723-728

  Tarpy, David R ^a   Vanengelsdorp, Dennis ^b   Pettis, Jeffrey S ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony mortality; Genetic diversity; Genotyping; Social insects; Supersedure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

APICULTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; MATING SUCCESS; MORTALITY; PATERNITY; POLLINATOR; POLYANDRY; QUEEN; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84880754158     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1065-y     Document Type: Article

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