Sex and caste-specific variation in compound eye morphology of five honeybee species.

Ranging from dwarfs to giants, the species of honeybees show remarkable differences in body size that have placed evolutionary constrains on the size of sensory organs and the brain. Colonies comprise three adult phenotypes, drones and two female castes, the reproductive queen and sterile workers. T...

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Main Authors: Martin Streinzer, Axel Brockmann, Narayanappa Nagaraja, Johannes Spaethe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3584085?pdf=render