Does Patriline Composition Change over a Honey Bee Queen’s Lifetime?
A honey bee queen mates with a number of drones a few days after she emerges as an adult. Spermatozoa of different drones are stored in her spermatheca and used for the rest of the queen’s life to fertilize eggs. Sperm usage is thought to be random, so that the patriline distribution within a honey...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Insects |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/3/3/857 |