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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...

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Autores principales: dos Reis, Evelyze Pinheiro, de Oliveira Campos, Lucio Antonio, Tavares, Mara Garcia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21734839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1415-47572011005000008