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Extensive population admixture on drone congregation areas of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Fabricius, 1793)

The giant honeybee Apis dorsata often forms dense colony aggregations which can include up to 200 often closely related nests in the same location, setting the stage for inbred matings. Yet, like in all other Apis species, A. dorsata queens mate in mid-air on lek like drone congregation areas (DCAs)...

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Autores principales: Beaurepaire, Alexis L, Kraus, Bernard F, Koeniger, Gudrun, Koeniger, Nikolaus, Lim, Herbert, Moritz, Robin F A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4278819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25558361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1284