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Sperm use economy of honeybee (Apis mellifera) queens

The queens of eusocial ants, bees, and wasps only mate during a very brief period early in life to acquire and store a lifetime supply of sperm. As sperm cannot be replenished, queens have to be highly economic when using stored sperm to fertilize eggs, especially in species with large and long‐live...

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Autores principales: Baer, Boris, Collins, Jason, Maalaps, Kristiina, den Boer, Susanne P. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4863013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27217944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2075