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The Sex Determination Gene Shows No Founder Effect in the Giant Honey Bee, Apis dorsata

BACKGROUND: All honey bee species (Apis spp) share the same sex determination mechanism using the complementary sex determination (csd) gene. Only individuals heterogeneous at the csd allele develop into females, and the homozygous develop into diploid males, which do not survive. The honeybees are...

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Autores principales: Liu, Zhi Yong, Wang, Zi Long, Yan, Wei Yu, Wu, Xiao Bo, Zeng, Zhi Jiang, Huang, Zachary Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3325241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22511940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034436