Sperm numbers in drone honeybees (Apis mellifera) depend on body size

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 577-584

  Schlüns, Helge ^a   Schlüns, Ellen A ^a   Van Praagh, Job ^b   Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Niedersachsisches Landesinstitut F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Large drone; Male size; Reproductive success; Small drone; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HONEYBEE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 9144240428     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003051     Document Type: Article

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