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Variation in the reproductive quality of honey bee males affects their age of flight attempt

BACKGROUND: Honey bee males (drones) exhibit life histories that enable a high potential for pre- or post-copulatory sperm competition. With a numerical sex ratio of ∼11,000 drones for every queen, they patrol flyways and congregate aerially to mate on the wing. However, colonies and in fact drones...

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Autores principales: Metz, Bradley N., Tarpy, David R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9354755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35935251
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13859

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