Genotypical variability for the tasks of water collecting and scenting in a honey bee colony

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作者
Kryger, P [1 ]
Kryger, U
Moritz, RFA
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[1] Univ Pretoria, Dept Zool & Entomol, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa
[2] Univ Halle Wittenberg, Inst Zool Mol Okol, Halle, Germany
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10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00571.x
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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The polyandrous mating behaviour of the honey bee queen increases the genotypical variability amongst her worker offspring. Microsatellite DNA analyses revealed a total of 16 subfamilies in one colony of honey bees. The subfamilies were represented in significantly different proportions in two subgroups of bees, water collecting bees and scenting bees, indicating a genetic component in task choice.
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页数:11
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