A parent-of-origin effect on honeybee worker ovary size

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1775, 2013, Pages

  Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a   Allsopp, Michael H ^b   Roth, Katherine M ^a   Remnant, Emily J ^a   Drewell, Robert A ^c,d   Beekman, Madeleine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Imprinting; Interspecific crosses; Intragenomic conflict; Parent of origin effects; Reciprocal effects

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER; GENOMICS; HONEYBEE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL INSECT; THELYTOKY; WORKER CASTE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84888326070     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2388     Document Type: Article

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