Prediction of social structure and genetic relatedness in colonies of the facultative polygynous stingless bee Melipona bicolor (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
Stingless bee colonies typically consist of one single-mated mother queen and her worker offspring. The stingless bee Melipona bicolor (Hymenoptera: Apidae) shows facultative polygyny, which makes this species particularly suitable for testing theoretical expectations concerning social behavior. In...
Main Authors: | Evelyze Pinheiro dos Reis, Lucio Antonio de Oliveira Campos, Mara Garcia Tavares |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2011-01-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000200028 |
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