Genetic variability of behaviorin Melipona quadrifasciata(Hymenoptera: Meliponinae)


Autoria(s): Waldschmidt,Ana Maria; Campos,Lúcio Antônio Oliveira; Marco Jr.,Paulo De
Data(s)

01/12/1997

Resumo

Observation colonies containing only young workers from 10 matrix colonies were set up to investigate the genetic aspects involved in task division in Melipona quadrifasciata. Wide variation among origins was observed for all behaviors analyzed, but these differences were significant only for brood cell construction and propolis preparation

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-84551997000400007

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en

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira de Genética

Fonte

Brazilian Journal of Genetics v.20 n.4 1997

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journal article